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- Dictionaryyearning/ˈjəːnɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a feeling of intense longing for something: "he felt a yearning for the mountains"
adjective
- 1. involving or expressing yearning: "a yearning hope"
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: a tender or urgent longing. a yearning for justice. Synonyms. appetency. appetite. craving. desire. drive. hankering. hunger. itch. jones [ slang] letch. longing. lust. passion. pining. thirstiness. urge. yen. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of yearning in a Sentence.
YEARNING definition: 1. a strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get…. Learn more.
1. : to long persistently, wistfully, or sadly. yearns to make a difference. 2. : to feel tenderness or compassion. yearner noun. yearningly. ˈyər-niŋ-lē. adverb. Synonyms. ache (for) covet. crave. desiderate. desire. die (for) hanker (for or after) hunger (for) itch (for)
Yearning definition: deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness. See examples of YEARNING used in a sentence.
an intense or overpowering longing, desire, or need; craving. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. yearningly (ˈyearningly) adverb. Word Frequency. yearning in American English. (ˈjɜrnɪŋ ) noun. deep or anxious longing, desire, etc. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
A yearning is a strong desire. If you have a yearning to travel in Africa, it means that you dream about it and intensely hope that one day you'll end up there. A strong longing for something is a yearning for it.
Yearn definition: to have an earnest or strong desire; long. See examples of YEARN used in a sentence.
Definition of yearning noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Noun. Verb. Filter. noun. yearnings. Deep or anxious longing, desire, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. (archaic) Rennet. Wiktionary. Synonyms: hungriness. longing. want. craving. yen. wish. thirst. lust. hunger. appetite. appetency. appetence. desire. itch. verb. Present participle of yearn. Wiktionary. Synonyms:
to wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have: Despite his great commercial success he still yearns for critical approval. [ + to infinitive ] Sometimes I just yearn to be alone. Synonyms. long for something formal. pine. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Wanting things.
