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Yearn

🔄 Synonyms of "Yearn"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
languishverb	(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
achenoun	(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
pinenoun	(countable, uncountable) Any coniferous tree of the genus Pinus.
longnoun	Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
hankerverb	To crave, want or desire.
yennoun	A strong desire, urge, or yearning.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Yearn"

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Word	Definition
hankerverb	To crave, want or desire.
acheverb	(intransitive, stative) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
languishverb	(intransitive) To lose strength and become weak; to be in a state of weakness or sickness.
longverb	Having much distance in space from one end to the other.
yenverb	(transitive) To have a strong desire for.
pineverb	(intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
craveverb	(ambitransitive) To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
longingnoun	An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
desireverb	To want; to wish for earnestly.
aspirationnoun	The act of aspiring or ardently desiring; an ardent wish or desire, chiefly after what is elevated or spiritual (with common adjunct adpositions being to and of).
itchverb	(intransitive, stative) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
longsnoun	Long trousers/pants, as opposed to shorts.
aspiredverb	(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
aspiresverb	(intransitive) To have a strong desire or ambition to achieve something.
desires	Desires or The Last Prescription is a 1952 West German drama film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring Heidemarie Hatheyer, O.W. Fischer, Sybil Werden and René Deltgen.
strivesverb	To try to achieve a result; to make strenuous effort; to try earnestly and persistently.
earnverb	(transitive) To gain (success, reward, recognition) through applied effort or work.
beyearnverb	(transitive) To yearn over or about; yearn for; long for; desire.
long forverb	(transitive) To have a desire for (a thing or an event).
feel likeverb	To have a desire for something, or to do something.