yearner

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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

yearner - a person with a strong desire for something; "a longer for money"; "a thirster after blood"; "a yearner for knowledge" longer, thirster individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"