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Princeton's WordNet

  1. hankering, yennoun

    a yearning for something or to do something

Wiktionary

  1. hankeringnoun

    a strong restless desire or longing

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  1. hankering

    Hankering is a strong or continuous desire or longing for something. It often refers to a persistent wish or craving.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Hankering

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hankering in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hankering in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of hankering in a Sentence

  1. James Dean:

    My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.

  2. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

    Always remember the hankering for the 'other' is never for them, but to use them as a means of your EGO, you turn them into a commodity and thats why every relationship gets ruined. Mind YOU!

  3. Professor Robert Jackson:

    Evarcha culicivora has a particular hankering for Anopheles mosquitoes – the very mosquitoes notorious for being malaria vectors, this little spider is a predator that likes us and eats our enemies.

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