yearn

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To long, have a strong desire (for something)
To long back with melancholy, nostalgically
If someone yearns for something that they are unlikely to get, they want it very much. He yearned for freedom I yearned to be a movie actor. = long. to have a strong desire for something, especially something that is difficult or impossible to get = long yearn for
{v} to feel great uneasiness, grieve, bark
To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager
have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
To curdle, as milk
To have a strong, melancholy desire (for something)
To pain; to grieve; to vex
desire strongly or persistently
to grieve, vex
have affection for; feel tenderness for
{f} desire, long, crave; pine, miss someone or something
To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn
yearning
A wistful or melancholy longing

She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.

yearning
{n} an emotion of tenderness, pity
yearned
past of yearn
yearning
full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"
yearning
A yearning for something is a very strong desire for it. He spoke of his yearning for another child He always had a yearning to be a schoolteacher. = longing. a strong desire for something = longing yearning for
yearning
present participle of yearn
yearning
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
yearning
{i} desire, longing, craving; pining, missing someone or something
yearningly
With yearning; with desire; longingly
yearningly
With yearning
yearningly
in a yearning manner; "he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'"
yearningly
longingly, cravingly; wistfully
yearnings
The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used as a rennet for curdling milk
yearnings
plural of yearning
yearns
third-person singular of yearn
yearn
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