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yearning
verb
noun
To long, have a strong desire (for something).
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/ˈjɜːnɪŋ/ /ˈjɝnɪŋ/
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verb
To long, have a strong desire (for something).
“All I yearn for is a simple life.”
To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
To pain; to grieve; to vex.
verb
To curdle, as milk.
noun
A wistful or melancholy longing.
“She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.”
noun
Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).
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Example Sentences
All I yearn for is a simple life.
She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.