hanker after/for sth
— phrasal verb with hanker uk/ˈhæŋ.kər/us/ˈhæŋ.kɚ/verb
to have a strong wish for something, especially if you cannot or should not have it:
What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
Even after all these years, I still hanker for a motorbike.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Wanting things
- ache for sth
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- angle
- angle for sth
- aspirant
- burn
- fancy
- finger
- hang the cost/expense idiom
- have your eye on sth idiom
- hunger
- hunger after/for sth
- hungry
- shook
- sight
- sth is calling you idiom
- straw
- tempt
- think big idiom
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