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View usage for: (jɜːʳnɪŋ) Word forms: plural yearningsvariable noun [NOUN to-infinitive]A yearning for something is a very strong desire for it. He spoke of his yearning for another child. [+ for] He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher. Synonyms: longing, wish, desire, need More Synonyms of yearning yearning in British English (ˈjɜːnɪŋ) nounan intense or overpowering longing, desire, or need; craving Derived forms yearningly (ˈyearningly) adverb yearning in American English (ˈjɜrnɪŋ) noun deep or anxious longing, desire, etc. Word origin ME yerning < OE girninge: see yearn + -ing Examples of 'yearning' in a sentenceyearning But you still seem to be yearning for something more.Each bench holds a tragic little operetta of thwarted desire and hapless yearning.The deep yearning for romance that led her from one marriage to another was virtually imprinted on her from childhood.It was so full of yearning, adolescent desire and rebellion.Loneliness can be an intensely painful encounter, along with a deep yearning and a sense of restlessness.There's a yearning for something more permanent now, people want stability and ritual.That pain, that longing, that yearning!By the middle of the century, Romantic yearning had exhausted itself.Didn't nostalgic yearning for the classical world give us the glories of the Renaissance?How many other souls, more often young than not, have felt the same yearning and desire to do something with their lives?The other day I came home chilled to the bone, yearning for something satisfying.I had a strong yearning for'hard' literature.Personally, I have a nostalgic yearning for the capsule wardrobe. He spoke of his yearning for another child. Additional synonymsDefinition a wish or longing I had a strong desire to help and care for people. Synonyms wish, want, longing, need, hope, urge, yen (informal), hunger, appetite, aspiration, ache, craving, yearning, inclination, thirst, hankeringan eagerness to learn Synonyms longing, anxiety, hunger, yearning, zeal, impatience, impetuosity, avidityHave you always had a hankering to be an actress? Synonyms desire, longing, wish, hope, urge, yen (informal), pining, hunger, ache, craving, yearning, itch, thirst- year in, year out
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Additional synonymsDefinition desire or craving He has a hunger for success that seems bottomless. Synonyms desire, appetite, craving, yen (informal), ache, lust, yearning, itch, thirst, greediness, appetenceDefinition a liking, tendency, or preference He had neither the time nor the inclination to think about it. Synonyms desire, longing, wish, need, aspiration, craving, yearning, hankeringThe need for revenge kept eating at me. Synonyms longing, wish, desire, hunger, wantDefinition a strong impulse, inner drive, or yearning He had an urge to open a shop of his own. Synonyms impulse, longing, wish, desire, fancy, drive, yen (informal), hunger, appetite, craving, yearning, itch (informal), thirst, compulsion, hankeringDefinition a desire, often for something impossible or improbable Clearly she had no wish for his company. Synonyms desire, liking, want, longing, hope, urge, intention, fancy (informal), ambition, yen (informal), hunger, aspiration, craving, lust, yearning, inclination, itch (informal), thirst, whim, hankeringDefinition a longing or desire Mike had a yen to try cycling. Synonyms longing, desire, craving, yearning, passion, hunger, ache, itch, thirst, hankering |