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yearning::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | hungriness, longing |
| Type of | desire |
| Has types | discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, hankering, nostalgia, pining, wishfulness, wistfulness, yen |
| Derivation | yearn |
Examples of yearning
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The electorate's decision, he said, reflected Cambodia's yearning for stability.
From the time.com
Start enjoying the life you do have rather than yearning for one that you don't.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Certainly the few extant letters of Melville to his mentor are full of yearning.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Poor and yearning little girls are standard fixtures in hardscrabble literature.
From the time.com
The yearning to know her mother never left Wisnoski, 38, who lives near Houston.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Bryant said Friday he is yearning for a title now more than early in his career.
From the ocregister.com
You could see it in the eyes of the Egyptians, in the chorus of their yearning.
From the techcrunch.com
After a fortnight of being on and off aeroplanes I'm yearning to get back home.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Between then and happily-ever-after, Rapunzel expresses a yearning to go outside.
From the bostonherald.com
- Longing: prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
- (yearningly) longingly: in a yearning manner; "he spent the rest of the act gazing longingly over my right shoulder at the illuminated word `Exit'"
- (yearn) hanker: desire strongly or persistently
- (yearn) ache: have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
- (yearn) have affection for; feel tenderness for
- Yearning is 1990 an Armenian drama film based on Hrachya Kochar's novel Nostalgia. Directed by Frunze Dovlatyan.
- Yearning (1995) is a collaborative album by ambient musician Robert Rich and sarod player Lisa Moskow. It is based on the classical Indian musical form known as alap. Alap is the first and slowest section of a raga. ...
- Yearning is an atmospheric doom metal band from Finland. During its career the band released five studio albums and one demo, the latter being released while the band was still called Flegeton.
- A wistful or melancholy longing; rennet
