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noundeep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife. an instance of such longing. Origin of yearningbefore 900; Middle English; Old English gierninge.See yearn, -ing1 synonym study for yearning1. See desire. OTHER WORDS FROM yearningyearn·ing·ly, adverbun·yearn·ing, adjectiveWords nearby yearningyearling, yearlong, yearly, Yearly Meeting, yearn, yearning, Year of Confusion, year of grace, year-round, year-rounder, year's mind Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for yearningIt’s a yearning that’s become familiar during this pandemic, for those things I know I can’t have. Until I Can Go Back to My Favorite Restaurant, This Jerk Paste Is the Next Best Thing|Elazar Sontag|September 25, 2020|Eater Eventually, he says, “there will be a yearning to meet new people once again, and when it’s safe to do so, we’ll be there at the ready.” Airbnb CEO: The pandemic will force us to see more of the world, not less|Verne Kopytoff|September 7, 2020|Fortune Yet they’re also about many different types of isolation and the human yearning to not be alone. Two new books explore Mars — and what it means to be human|Lisa Grossman|July 15, 2020|Science News The story, told with precision and restraint, is full of yearning and quiet reflection. Adam Hochschild on Keeping Company With His Dying Father|Adam Hochschild|June 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Chinese yearning to breathe experiment with canned mountain air, makeshift purifiers, and bans on barbecues—to no avail. The Chinese Can’t Catch Their Breath|Brendon Hong|May 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST The yearning for a vague idea of “glory” that will come with being part of a greater Russian “whole” runs through everything. Pro-Russian Protestors in Ukraine Dream of Soviet Glory Days|David Patrikarakos|April 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST A time-honored and noble legacy is kept alive by a yearning for discovery and exploration. Nicolas Ghesquière Presents His Debut Collection for Louis Vuitton|Liza Foreman|March 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST I think that yearning for one more thing is very much on my mind. The Book of B.J. Novak: An Absurdist, Scathingly Funny Literary Debut|Caryn James|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST The gunner was yearning for this, and the bellow of his piece responded to the captain's words. Mary Anerley|R. D. Blackmore This intense craving after physical perfection, this yearning after beauty, is not a sensual craving. The Eulogy of Richard Jefferies|Walter Besant I am satisfying a yearning, and stifling a desire that could grow very strong if I let myself go. Burned Bridges|Bertrand W. Sinclair But in spite of his dogged, yearning effort, he could not get beyond the rudiments of anything, save of drawing. The Rainbow|D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence Yearning over him as only a mother may, Madame would lie awake with her door ajar, listening for his step upon the stairs. Master of the Vineyard|Myrtle Reed
British Dictionary definitions for yearning
nounan intense or overpowering longing, desire, or need; craving Derived forms of yearningyearningly, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to yearninglonging, eagerness, hankering, hunger, fascination, aspiration, thirst, passion, ambition, appetite, craving, urge, love, fancy, infatuation, want, need, ache, liking, craze |