yearning

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yearning
n. desire, longing, craving; pining, missing someone or something
 
yearn
v. desire, long, crave; pine, miss someone or something


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yearning
Noun
1. prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
(synonym) longing
(hypernym) desire
(hyponym) hankering, yen
(derivation) ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
Adjective
1. full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"
(synonym) wistful
(similar) sad

 
yearn
Verb
1. desire strongly or persistently
(synonym) hanker, long
(hypernym) desire, want
(hyponym) ache, yen, pine, languish
(derivation) longer, thirster, yearner
2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
(synonym) ache, yen, pine, languish
(hypernym) hanker, long
(hyponym) die
(derivation) longer, thirster, yearner
3. have affection for; feel tenderness for
(hypernym) care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure



Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Yearning
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yearn
  

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yearning
n.
خواہش, چاہ, اشتياق, ترشنا, آرزو, تمنا

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yearning
Synonyms and related words:
Amor, Christian love, Eros, Heimweh, Platonic love, aching, admiration, adoration, affection, agape, ardency, ardor, attachment, bodily love, brotherly love, caritas, charity, conjugal love, desiderium, desire, devotion, faithful love, fancy, fervor, flame, fondness, free love, free-lovism, hankering, heart, hero worship, homesick, homesickness, honing, idolatry, idolism, idolization, languishing, languishment, lasciviousness, libido, like, liking, longing, love, lovemaking, mal du pays, maladie du pays, married love, nostalgia, nostalgic, nostomania, passion, physical love, pining, popular regard, popularity, regard, sentiment, sex, sexual love, shine, spiritual love, tender feeling, tender passion, truelove, uxoriousness, weakness, wishful, wistful, worship, yearnful, yen
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.

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