What does yearning mean?
Definitions for yearning
ˈyɜr nɪŋyearn·ing
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word yearning.
Princeton's WordNet
longing, yearning, hungrinessnoun
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
Wiktionary
yearningnoun
A wistful or melancholy longing.
She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.
yearningnoun
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Webster Dictionary
Yearning
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Yearning
Yearning is a collaborative album by ambient musician Robert Rich and sarod player Lisa Moskow. It is based on the classical Indian musical form known as alap. Alap is the first and slowest section of a raga. The music on this album consists of Moskow’s sarod solos set against Rich’s classic droning ambiences.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of yearning in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of yearning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of yearning in a Sentence
I want to know not his earning power but his yearning power.
There are three ingredients to the good life; learning, earning, and yearning.
The things we’ve been taught to think about giving and about charity and the nonprofit sector are actually undermining the causes we love and our profound yearning to change the world.
There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and yearning.
The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.
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- شوقArabic
- anhelCatalan, Valencian
- SehnsuchtGerman
- deziregoEsperanto
- anheloSpanish
- حسرتPersian
- ikävä, kaipaus, kaipuuFinnish
- envie, aspirationFrench
- כִּיסּוּפִיםHebrew
- կարոտArmenian
- nostalgia, bramosia, brama, anelito, desiderio, vogliaItalian
- あこがれJapanese
- წყურვილიGeorgian
- 동경Korean
- tęsknotaPolish
- saudadePortuguese
- dorință arzătoare, năzuință, dorRomanian
- тоска, стремление, склонность, тягаRussian
- hasretTurkish
- تڑپUrdu
- 怀念Chinese
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