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[ hang-ker-ing ] / ˈhæŋ kər ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hankering ON THESAURUS.COM
Origin of hankeringFirst recorded in 1655–65; hanker + -ing1 SYNONYMS FOR hankeringdesire, need, yearning, hunger, yen, thirst. SEE SYNONYMS FOR hankering ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM hankeringhan·ker·ing·ly, adverbWords nearby hankeringHania, Hanifah, haniwa, hank, hanker, hankering, Hankou, Hankow, Hanks, hanky, hanky-panky Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hankeringSome would no doubt keep dancing as they waited for the L train, hankering for the next episode of Morning Gloryville. The Drug-Free Breakfast Rave Is New York’s Latest Exercise Trend|Jessica Burdon|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST Indeed, this is not the kind of shop that would appeal to the 50-something woman with a hankering for flash and sizzle. Fashion of a Certain Age New Website Halsbrook.com Caters to Mature Shoppers|Robin Givhan|November 4, 2012|DAILY BEAST But Israelis and Palestinians don't vote in U.S. elections, whether they're hankering for peace or not. What's This Jerusalem Flap All About?|Ali Gharib|September 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST And Betsy grew hot at the mere idea of my hankering after a miller's affairs, as she very rudely expressed it.
She is also, I should imagine, hankering after the fleshpots. Jacob's Ladder|E. Phillips Oppenheim "I don't know of any one specially that's hankering for railroad-lines round here," said he. The Rainy Day Railroad War|Holman Day Gave graphic description of his hanging about Holyrood Palace hankering after admission. Punch, Or The London Charivari, Vol. 100, April 18, 1891|Various I wished at times that the hankering might have been more mutual.
Words related to hankeringyearning, craving, pining, longing, urge, itch, hunger, wish, yen, thirst, want, weakness, ache, druthers, munchies |