yearn (redirected from yearned)

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 [jɜːn]

vb (intr)

1. (usually foll by for or after or an infinitive) to have an intense desire or longing (for); pine (for)

2. to feel tenderness or affection

[Old English giernan; related to Old Saxon girnian, Old Norse girna, Gothic gairnjan, Old High German gerōn to long for, Sanskrit haryati he likes]

yearner  n

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 or poetic), would give your eyeteeth for He yearned for freedom.

Translations

yearn [jɜːn] VI to yearn for [+ native land, person] → añorar; [+ freedom] → anhelar
to yearn to do sth → anhelar hacer algo, ansiar hacer algo

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yearn [ˈjɜː^rn] vi
to yearn for sth → désirer vivement qch
to yearn to do sth → désirer vivement faire qch

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yearn

vi → sich sehnen (after, for nach); to yearn to do something → sich danach sehnen, etw zu tun; to yearn for home → sich nach Hause sehnen; to yearn for somebody → sich nach jdm sehnen, nach jdm verlangen

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yearn [jɜːn] vi to yearn for sb/sth → desiderare ardentemente qn/qc
to yearn to do sth → struggersi dal desiderio di fare qc

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yearn [jɜːn] vi to yearn for sb/sth → desiderare ardentemente qn/qc
to yearn to do sth → struggersi dal desiderio di fare qc

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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 동경하다 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 yearning

(a) strong desire. smagting إشْتِياق، تَشَوُّق копнеж touha længsel die Sehnsucht σφοδρή επιθυμία, λαχτάρα anhelo igatsus آرزو kaipuu aspiration הִשתוֹקֵקוּת, כְּמיִהָה ललक, उत्कंठा žudjeti sóvárgás keinginan þrá desiderio, brama 切望 동경 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