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1. (v.i.) yearn
to have an earnest or strong desire; long.
2. yearn
to feel tenderness; be moved.
Etymology: (bef. 900; ME yernen, OE giernan, der. of georn eager, c. OS, OHG gern, Go -gairns desirous; akin to Gk chaírein to rejoice, Skt háryati (he) desires)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) hanker, long, yearn
desire strongly or persistently
2. (verb) 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"
3. (verb) yearn
have affection for; feel tenderness for
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. yearn
to curdle, as milk
2. (verb) yearn
to pain; to grieve; to vex
3. (verb) yearn
to be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn
4. (verb) yearn
to be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager
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Sense: to feel a great desire; to long
to yearn for an end to the war.
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 Afrikaans: smag |
 Arabic: يَتوقُ إلى |
 Bulgarian: копнея |
 Brazilian: ansiar |
 Czech: toužit |
 German: sich sehnen |
 Danish: længes |
 Greek: ποθώ, λαχταρώ |
 Spanish: anhelar |
 Estonian: igatsema |
 Farsi: آرزو کردن |
 Finnish: kaivata |
 French: aspirerà |
 Hebrew: הִשְׁתּוֹקֵק, כָּמַהּ |
 Hindi: के लिए ललकना, लालायित हो |
 Croatian: žudjeti |
 Hungarian: sóvárog (vmi után) |
 Indonesian: menginginkan |
 Icelandic: þrá |
 Italian: anelare, desiderare |
 Japanese: 切望する |
 Korean: 동경하다 |
 Lithuanian: trokšti, ilgėtis |
 Latvian: ilgoties; skumt (pēc kaut |
 Malay: teringin |
 Dutch: hunkeren |
 Norwegian: lengte (inderlig) |
 Polish: tęsknić |
 Persian: آرزو کردن |
 Pashto: هيله من، اّرزومن: هيله، ا |
 Portuguese: ansiar |
 Romanian: a tânji după |
 Russian: жаждать |
 Slovak: túžiť |
 Slovenian: hrepeneti |
 Serbian: čeznuti |
 Swedish: längta, trängta |
 Thai: ปรารถนา |
 Turkish: özlemek, gözünde tütmek |
 Taiwanese: 渴望 |
 Ukrainian: томитися, тужити |
 Urdu: آرزو مند یا مشتاق ہونا |
 Vietnamese: mong mỏi |
 Chinese: 渴望 |
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