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what type of word is "missing"? in relation to speech? grammatically and most accurately, it is an adjective, to describe an object who's location has been changed without the owner's recollection of the move, or to describe an object's position as not one it should normally exist in.
but is that it? to me, sometimes, "missing" seems more like a feeling: not unlike "anger", or "happiness", or a state of being "sad". "Missing" is a whole set of emotions in itself. The "missing" I come across in irritating reoccurrance is of a different kind. It's not grammatically correct, and it is near impossible to describe the way I am trying to.

Let's take the phrase "I am missing you" as an example.
Could it logically be called a verb in this situation? Yes, I think so. "I'm missing you", "I'm hitting you". Any common verb with "ing" attached to the end of it can be coherently substituted into that sentence and the product will be logical and make perfectly good sense.
"I'm kicking you"
"I'm licking you"
"I'm beating you"
"I'm eating you"
It all works. But a verb is not the title I would give to "missing". As I said, i view it/understand it/know it as a feeling. To miss someone/something is to want something about them/it back. Along with "missing" comes regret, loneliness, and emptiness. That is what I believe. You don't know what you've got 'till it's gone. Missing is so much more than a "...hmmm, i wish you were here". Not for me. Missing sucks. It's hard and confusing. Especially when what you miss is something you're better off without...