yearning
Meaning of yearning
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.
- To pain; to grieve; to vex.
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).
Information about yearning
- The plural form of yearning is: yearnings.
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Hyphenation of yearning
yearn-ing
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- yearning is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
yearning synonyms
Meaning longing:
Translation of yearning
- Portuguese: anseio, anelo, garra, ganância, cobiça, avidez
- German: Sehnsucht, sehnsüchtig, Begierde
- Italian: brama, bramosia, anelito, desideroso, anelante
- Spanish: anhelo, añoranza, deseoso, anhelante, deseosa, avidez
- French: désireux, avidité
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