Defenition of the word yearning

• Defenition of the word yearning

  • A deep and aching desire for someone or something.
  • Full of yearning.
  • Ardent desire or craving.
  • prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
  • full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"

Synonyms for the word yearning

• • ache
  • craving
  • desire
  • hunger
  • longing
  • nostalgia
  • thirst
  • wistful
  • yen

Similar words in the yearning

• • sad
  • yearning
  • yearning's
  • yearnings

Hyponyms for the word yearning

• • discontent
  • discontentedness
  • discontentment
  • hankering
  • nostalgia
  • pining
  • wishfulness
  • wistfulness
  • yen

Hypernyms for the word yearning

• • desire

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