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Yearn

verb
/jɜːn/
Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo long, have a strong desire (for something).
"All I yearn for is a simple life."
2.verbTo long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
3.verbTo have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
4.verbTo be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
5.verbTo pain; to grieve; to vex.

Synonyms

hankerachelanguishlongyenpinecravelongingdesireaspirationitchlongs

Rhymes With

discerntaciturnsternconcernspurnreturndernchurn
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