yearning
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/ˈjɜːnɪŋ/
English
Definitions
verb
- To long, have a strong desire (for something).“All I yearn for is a simple life.”
- To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
- To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
- To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
verb
- To curdle, as milk.
noun
- A wistful or melancholy longing.“She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.”
noun
- Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).
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Synonyms
wistfullongingsaddesireaspirationambitionwishwishingeagernessnostalgiawillingnesswannabehomesicknessanxietydreamache