yearn

yearn  (yûrn)

intr.v. yearned, yearn·ing, yearns

1. To have a strong, often melancholy desire.

2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the child's fate.

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[Middle English yernen, from Old English geornan, giernan; see gher-² in Indo-European roots.]

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yearner n.

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yearn

Verb

1. to have an intense desire or longing: he often yearned for life in a country town

2. to feel tenderness or affection: I yearn for you [Old English giernan]

yearning nadj

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	yearn - desire strongly or persistently hanker, long pine, yen, yearn, ache, languish - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" desire, want - feel or have a desire for; want strongly; "I want to go home now"; "I want my own room"
	2.	yearn - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover" pine, yen, ache, languish die - languish as with love or desire; "She dying for a cigarette"; "I was dying to leave" hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently
	3.	yearn - have affection for; feel tenderness for cherish, hold dear, treasure, care for - be fond of; be attached to

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yearn

verb (often with for) long, desire, pine, pant, hunger, ache, lust, crave, covet, itch, languish, hanker after, have a yen for (informal) eat your heart out over, set your heart upon, suspire (archaic), (poetic) would give your eyeteeth for

Translations

yearn [jəːn] vi to yearn for sth → añorar algo, suspirar por algo

yearn [jəːn] vi to yearn for sth/to do → aspirer à qch/à faire

yearn [jəːn] vi to yearn for sth → sich nach etwas sehnen;

to yearn to do sth → sich danach sehnen, etw zu tun

yearn [jəːn] vi to yearn for sth/to do → desiderare ardentemente qc/di fare

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yearn

v yearn [jəːn]

to feel a great desire; to long to yearn for an end to the war. smag يَتوقُ إلى копнея toužit længes sich sehnen ποθώ, λαχταρώ anhelar igatsema آرزو کردن kaivata aspirer à הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק, כָּמַהּ के लिए ललकना, लाला‍यित होना, पर तरस खाना žudjeti sóvárog (vmi után) menginginkan þrá anelare, desiderare 切望する 갈망하다 trokšti, ilgėtis ilgoties; skumt (pēc kaut kā) teringin hunkeren lengte (inderlig) tęsknić ansiar a tânji după жаждать túžiť hrepeneti čeznuti längta, trängta ปรารถนา özlemek, gözünde tütmek 渴望 томитися, тужити آرزو مند یا مشتاق ہونا mong mỏi 渴望

n ˈyearning

(a) strong desire. smagting إشْتِياق، تَشَوُّق копнеж touha længsel die Sehnsucht σφοδρή επιθυμία, λαχτάρα anhelo igatsus آرزو kaipaus aspiration הִשתוֹקֵקוּת, כְּמיִהָה ललक, उत्कंठा žudjeti sóvárgás keinginan þrá desiderio, brama 切望 열망 troškimas ilgas keinginan yang kuat hunkering dyp lengsel tęsknota ânsia aspiraţie страстное желание túžba hrepenenje čežnja längtan, trängtan ความปรารถนาอย่างมาก özlem, hasret 渴望 сильне бажання اشتیاق sự mong mỏi 渴望