Usually means: Eagerly awaited with great anticipation.
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  1. longed-for: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. longed-for, longed-for: Collins English Dictionary
  3. longed-for: Vocabulary.com
  4. longed-for: Wordnik
  5. longed-for: Wiktionary
  6. longed-for: Dictionary.com
  7. longed-for: Rhymezone
  8. longed-for: FreeDictionary.org
  9. longed-for: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. longed-for: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ adjective:  That is longed for.

Similar:
wanted, wished-for, yearned-for, long-awaited, long for, long-pending, long, longful, long-drawn, longtime, more...

Opposite:
unwanted, undesired, disliked, hated

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Similar:
wanted, wished-for, yearned-for, long-awaited, long for, long-pending, long, longful, long-drawn, longtime, more...

Opposite:
unwanted, undesired, disliked, hated



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