yearningnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈjɜː.nɪŋ/us/ˈjɝː.nɪŋ/a strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get easily:
I suppose it's because I live in a city that I have this yearning for open spaces.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Feelings of desire
- appetite
- caprice
- compulsion
- covetous
- craving
- dream
- drive
- get itchy feet idiom
- hankering
- hunger
- impulse buy
- inclination
- longing
- lust
- thirst
- urge
- vaulting
- whim
- wish
- yen
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