The meaning of Yearning

noun

A continuous or prolonged dull pain in a part of one's body.

Usage examples:

The ache in her head worsened

verb

Suffer from a continuous dull pain.

Usage examples:

My legs ached from the previous day's exercise

noun

A natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food.

Usage examples:

He has a healthy appetite

noun

A desire or need for something, esp. food

Usage examples:

A good/healthy appetite, an appetite for adventure

adjective

On fire.

Usage examples:

A burning building

verb

(of a fire) produce flames and heat while consuming a material such as coal or wood.

Usage examples:

A fire burned and crackled cheerfully in the grate

noun

An urge to do something inadvisable.

Usage examples:

The serial killer was unable to control his desire to maim; he had a cacoethes for hurting innocent…

verb

Yearn to possess (something, especially something belonging to another).

Usage examples:

I covet one of their smart bags

noun

Wish, long, or crave for

verb

To want to have something very much, especially something that belongs to someone else

Usage examples:

She always coveted power but never quite achieved it., the booker prize is the most coveted british…

verb

Feel a powerful desire for (something).

Usage examples:

If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

verb

To desire something strongly

Usage examples:

The neglected kids just crave attention.

noun

A powerful desire for something.

Usage examples:

A craving for chocolate

verb

Feel a powerful desire for (something).

Usage examples:

If only she had shown her daughter the love she craved

noun

A strong or uncontrollable desire

Usage examples:

We had a craving for zucchini bread.

noun

A strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen.

Usage examples:

He resisted public desires for choice in education

verb

Strongly wish for or want (something).

Usage examples:

He never achieved the status he so desired

noun

A strong feeling of wanting something, or something you want

Usage examples:

[ u ] he claims to have no desire for wealth., [ c ] she expressed a desire to speak with her attor…

noun

Enthusiasm to do or to have something; keenness.

Usage examples:

The player showed eagerness to play

noun

The state of wanting to do or have something very much, especially something interesting or enjoyable

Usage examples:

In their eagerness to find a solution, they have overlooked certain difficulties., the book describ…

verb

Put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it.

Usage examples:

He was eating a hot dog

noun

Light food or snacks.

Usage examples:

These make great party eats

abbreviation

Tanzania (international vehicle registration).

adjective

Elaborate in structure or decoration.

Usage examples:

The furniture was very fancy

verb

Feel a desire or liking for.

Usage examples:

Do you fancy a drink?

noun

A superficial or transient feeling of liking or attraction.

Usage examples:

This was no passing fancy, but a feeling he would live by

noun

Intense and passionate feeling.

Usage examples:

He talked with all the fervour of a new convert

noun

Strong and sincere beliefs

Usage examples:

The country was swept by patriotic fervour., nationalist/religious fervour

noun

Intense and selfish desire for something, especially wealth, power, or food.

Usage examples:

Mercenaries who had allowed greed to overtake their principles

noun

Insatiable desire for wealth

noun

A strong desire to continually get more of something, esp. money

Usage examples:

He was motivated by pure greed., he was greedy for power.

phrasal verb

To have a strong wish for something, especially if you cannot or should not have it

Usage examples:

What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?, even after all these years, i still hanker…

noun

A strong desire to have or do something.

Usage examples:

A hankering for family life

verb

Feel a strong desire for or to do something.

Usage examples:

He hankered after a lost golden age

noun

A strong wish

Usage examples:

Have a hankering for don't you ever have a hankering for a different lifestyle?

noun

A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.

Usage examples:

She was faint with hunger

verb

Have a strong desire or craving for.

Usage examples:

He hungered for a sense of self-worth

noun

The uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach caused by the need for or lack of food

Usage examples:

Mother teresa devoted her life to fighting hunger in the poorest parts of the world., a hunger for …

verb

Have a strong desire or craving for.

Usage examples:

He hungered for a sense of self-worth

noun

A feeling of discomfort or weakness caused by lack of food, coupled with the desire to eat.

Usage examples:

She was faint with hunger

noun

The uncomfortable or painful feeling in your stomach caused by the need for or lack of food

Usage examples:

Mother teresa devoted her life to fighting hunger in the poorest parts of the world., a hunger for …

noun

A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.

Usage examples:

John was a scientist by training and inclination

noun

A preference or tendency, or a feeling that makes a person want to do something

Usage examples:

Tony has a strong inclination toward the arts., if i were in your situation, my inclination would b…

noun

An uncomfortable sensation on the skin that causes a desire to scratch.

Usage examples:

But shortly after ben began eating his lunch, his child-care provider noticed he seemed to be tryin…

verb

Be the site of or cause an itch.

Usage examples:

The bite itched like crazy

verb

To have an uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you want to rub it with something hard

Usage examples:

My insect bites are itching., i have an itch on the back of my neck., [ + to infinitive ] he has an…

adjective

Measuring a great distance from end to end.

Usage examples:

A long corridor

adverb

(of a vowel) categorized as long with regard to quality and length (e.g. in standard british english the vowel /uː/ in food is long as distinct from the short vowel /ʊ/ in good ).

verb

Have a strong wish or desire.

Usage examples:

She longed for a little more excitement

noun

A yearning desire.

Usage examples:

Miranda felt a wistful longing for the old days

adjective

Having or showing a yearning desire.

Usage examples:

Her longing eyes

verb

Have a strong wish or desire.

Usage examples:

She longed for a little more excitement

noun

Strong sexual desire.

Usage examples:

He knew that his lust for her had returned

verb

Have strong sexual desire for someone.

Usage examples:

He really lusted after me in those days

verb

Require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable.

Usage examples:

I need help now

noun

Circumstances in which something is necessary; necessity.

Usage examples:

The basic human need for food

verb

Breathe with short, quick breaths, typically from exertion or excitement.

Usage examples:

He was panting when he reached the top

noun

A short, quick breath.

Usage examples:

Robyn was breathing rather fast, in shallow pants

noun

Underpants or knickers.

noun

An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

Usage examples:

Hollyhock landed in a low branch of a pine tree, and dangled there as she tried to find a way to ge…

verb

Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.

Usage examples:

She thinks i am pining away from love

noun

An evergreen tree that has thin leaves like needles and that grows in cool northern regions, or the wood of these trees

Usage examples:

Bradley pined for his wife, who was far away.

verb

Suffer a mental and physical decline, especially because of a broken heart.

Usage examples:

She thinks i am pining away from love

noun

An evergreen coniferous tree which has clusters of long needle-shaped leaves. many kinds are grown for the soft timber, which is widely used for furniture and pulp, or for tar and turpentine.

Usage examples:

Hollyhock landed in a low branch of a pine tree, and dangled there as she tried to find a way to ge…

noun

A pineapple.

noun

A feeling of needing or wanting to drink something.

Usage examples:

They quenched their thirst with spring water

verb

Have a strong desire for something.

Usage examples:

An opponent thirsting for revenge

noun

The need or desire to drink something, esp. water

Usage examples:

He took a long drink of water to quench his thirst., she slaked her thirst for knowledge by reading…

verb

Try earnestly or persistently to persuade (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

He urged her to come and stay with us

noun

A strong desire or impulse.

Usage examples:

He felt the urge to giggle

verb

To encourage someone strongly to do something or to ask that something be done

Usage examples:

Party leaders urged her to run for congress., a human/natural urge, sometimes i get an urge to go s…

verb

Have a desire to possess or do (something); wish for.

Usage examples:

I want an apple

noun

A lack or deficiency of something.

Usage examples:

Victorian houses which are in want of repair

The state of needing something that is absent or unavailable

verb

Feel or express a strong desire or hope for something that cannot or probably will not happen.

Usage examples:

We wished for peace

noun

A desire or hope for something to happen.

Usage examples:

The union has reiterated its wish for an agreement

noun

The basic monetary unit of japan.

Usage examples:

Whether it be for the lure of dollars or yen, or the start of a coaching career back in france rema…

verb

Feel a longing or yearning.

Usage examples:

It's no use yenning for the old simplicities