Collocations for longing - noun

deep, desperate, great, intense, overwhelming, passionate, terrible, wild
She had a desperate longing to go back.

sudden
hopeless
nostalgic, wistful
a wistful longing for the past

secret
physical, sexual
human
human longing for truth and meaning

be filled with, be full of, feel, have
He felt an overwhelming longing to hear her voice again.

satisfy

longing for
his intense longing for privacy