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Adjective yearning has 1 sense
- wistful, yearning - full of longing or unfulfilled desire; "those wistful little ads that the lovelorn place in the classifieds"
Antonym: glad (indirect, via sad)
Noun yearning has 1 sense
- longing, yearning - prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
--1 is a kind of desire
--1 has particulars:
Verb yearn has 3 senses
- hanker, long, yearn - desire strongly or persistently
--1 is one way to desire, want
Sample sentence:
They yearn to move
- ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish - have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"
--2 is one way to hanker, long, yearn
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- yearn - have affection for; feel tenderness for
--3 is one way to care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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