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 Definitions of yearning  [ˈyɜr nɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'yearning' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) yearning
deep longing, esp. when accompanied by tenderness or sadness.

2.  yearning
an instance of this.

Etymology:  (bef. 900)

Definition of 'yearning' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) longing, yearning, hungriness
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need


Definition of 'yearning' Webster Dictionary 

1.  yearning
of Yearn


Translation of 'yearning' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: (a) strong desire.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: smagting Arabic flag Arabic: إشْتِياق، تَشَوُّق Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: копнеж
Brazilian flag Brazilian: ânsia Czech flag Czech: touha German flag German: die Sehnsucht
Danish flag Danish: længsel Greek flag Greek: σφοδρή επιθυμία, λαχτάρα Spanish flag Spanish: anhelo
Estonian flag Estonian: igatsus Farsi flag Farsi: آرزو Finnish flag Finnish: kaipuu
French flag French: aspiration Hebrew flag Hebrew: הִשתוֹקֵקוּת, כְּמיִהָה Hindi flag Hindi: ललक, उत्कंठा
Croatian flag Croatian: žudjeti Hungarian flag Hungarian: sóvárgás Indonesian flag Indonesian: keinginan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: þrá Italian flag Italian: desiderio, brama Japanese flag Japanese: 切望
Korean flag Korean: 동경 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: troškimas Latvian flag Latvian: ilgas
Malay flag Malay: keinginan yang kuat Dutch flag Dutch: hunkering Norwegian flag Norwegian: dyp lengsel
Polish flag Polish: tęsknota Persian flag Persian: آرزو Pashto flag Pashto: اّرزو
Portuguese flag Portuguese: ânsia Romanian flag Romanian: aspiraţie Russian flag Russian: страстное желание
Slovak flag Slovak: túžba Slovenian flag Slovenian: hrepenenje Serbian flag Serbian: čežnja
Swedish flag Swedish: längtan, trängtan Thai flag Thai: ความปรารถนาอย่างมาก Turkish flag Turkish: özlem, hasret
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 渴望 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: сильне бажання Urdu flag Urdu: اشتیاق
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự mong mỏi Chinese flag Chinese: 渴望

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