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What is another word for
yearn
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Verb
To have a strong desire for
To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried
To expectantly want something to happen
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
(
rare
)
To have an attraction to or feel affection for someone
Noun
A deep longing or wish for something
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Verb
▲
To have a strong desire for
crave
desire
long
ache
want
wish
hunger
pine
thirst
hanker
covet
lust
itch
pant
yen
fancy
dream
suspire
languish
chafe
hanker after
have a yen
be itching
be aching
wish for
dream of
be dying
have a longing
be desirous
want badly
suspire for
have a yen for
be bent on
be athirst for
be desirous of
feel a longing
be passionate
set your heart upon
be eager for
have a crush on
set one's heart on
would give one's eyeteeth for
eat one's heart out over
hanker for
burn
be eager
be desperate
thirst for
sigh
long for
hunger for
hope
pine for
be athirst
lust after
be consumed with desire
need
yearn for
be hungry
aspire
be unable to wait
be thirsty
cry out for
have a hankering
be greedy
be consumed with the desire
seek
miss
obsess
drool
aim
strive
carry a torch
yen for
regret the absence of
ache for
be consumed with desire for
cream for
itch for
partial to
be burning
lick one's chops
be eating one's heart out
be consumed with a desire
be dying for
drool over
die
set your sights on
would give one's eye teeth
be very keen
be very eager
lament
hunger after
lust for
be greedy for
sigh for
be hungry for
be thirsty for
have a fancy
be gagging
be impatient
have one's heart set on
cry for
be desperate for
pine after
be unable to wait for
shed tears for
dream about
pant for
long to
hope to
hope for
desire to
regret the loss of
choose
wish to
want to
yearn to
hanker to
spoil for
hunger to
thirst after
desiderate
die for
aspire to
like
prefer
envy
salivate for
repine for
pant after
jones for
feel like
begrudge
have hots for
have designs on
burn for
have your eye on
require
jones
feen
give eyeteeth for
desire intensely
eat your heart out
love
relish
enjoy
favour
UK
favor
US
savor
US
adore
dig
savour
UK
rejoice in
be enamored of
delight in
care for
revel in
take to
approve of
be mad for
have a craving for
get off on
be wild for
be crazy about
sanction
take a liking to
fall for
endorse
have a yearning for
will
be in need of
pray for
have as one's aim
have need of
look forward to
wish to have
beg
have a fancy for
feel in need of
ask for
have as one's goal
have a need for
more ❯
“We
yearn
for the simple life, thinking that being closer to nature will transform us into spiritual, earth-preserving people.”
Verb
▲
To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure
look forward to
covet
crave
desire
pine
fancy
hanker
hunger
want
envy
thirst
anticipate
await
expect
hanker after
hanker for
pine after
pine for
yearn for
be unable to wait for
hope for
itch for
long for
set one's heart on
wait for
wish for
wish to
be desperate for
be dying for
be eager to
be enthused about
be enthusiastic about
be excited at
be excited to
be gung ho about
be hung up about
be impatient about
be interested in
be keen on
count the days until
hunger for
lust after
really want
thirst for
yen for
actively await
ardently await
await with anticipation
await with enthusiasm
await with gusto
await with pleasure
breathlessly await
eagerly await
earnestly await
energetically await
enthusiastically await
expectantly await
fervently await
hungrily await
impatiently await
intently await
longingly await
repine for
spiritedly await
thirstily await
vigorously await
zealously await
actively anticipate
anticipate with enthusiasm
anticipate with gusto
ardently anticipate
breathlessly anticipate
eagerly anticipate
earnestly anticipate
energetically anticipate
enthusiastically anticipate
expectantly anticipate
fervently anticipate
have your eye on
hungrily anticipate
impatiently anticipate
intently anticipate
longingly anticipate
spiritedly anticipate
thirstily anticipate
vigorously anticipate
zealously anticipate
anticipate with pleasure
cannot wait
can't wait
have an eye on
have a yen for
ache for
be athirst for
be counting down the days to
lick one's lips over
aspire to
burn for
salivate for
sigh for
pant for
be consumed with desire for
lust for
lick your lips
lick one's chops
ache
long
lust
die over
have hard feelings
object to
turn green
eat your heart out
be envious
have the hots for
be covetous of
wait on
lie in wait for
be prepared for
be in readiness for
relish
be bent on
sweat it out
be excited about
be ready for
hang around for
hang out for
watch for
look out for
count the hours until
anticipate with anticipation
delight in
cool your heels
stay for
sweat
count down the days
be eager
be anxious
be impatient
salivate
listen
be waiting for
drool
anticipate with eagerness
be spoiling for something
itch
seek
be in need of
pray for
spoil for
have as one's aim
have need of
have one's heart set on
dream of
cry out for
be desirous of
hunger after
wish to have
prefer
beg
wish
die for
desiderate
like
need
have a fancy for
feel in need of
choose
ask for
have as one's goal
feel like
will
have a need for
more ❯
Verb
▲
To think deeply about something that makes one unhappy, angry, or worried
mope
brood
fret
sulk
languish
grieve
pine
pout
lament
grumble
grump
moon
repine
bleed
despond
regret
despair
ache
chafe
be despondent
be miserable
eat your heart out
have a long face
be gloomy
pine away
be dejected
be sad
be down in the dumps
be in a funk
be apathetic
lose heart
stew over
sweat over
go about like a half-shut knife
be down in the mouth
wear a long face
daydream
fantasize
US
rhapsodize
US
swoon
gush
dream
romanticize
US
fantasise
UK
rhapsodise
UK
romanticise
UK
be in a brown study
be in a reverie
feel sorry for yourself
be in a mood
be in a strop
gloom
grouse
gripe
scowl
be in a huff
grieve over
fret about
be sullen
be moody
be grumpy
be out of sorts
be resentful
be miffed
be morose
be out of humour
be put out
be in a bad mood
grouch
pucker
be in bad mood
mop and mow
be cross
agonize
US
sorrow
mourn
suffer
obsess
be unhappy
feel unhappy
sigh
worry
bemoan
be upset
feel upset
feel miserable
feel despondent
rue
sulk about
languish over
moon over
worry about
mope over
feel despondent about
agonise
UK
sweat out
chafe inwardly
weep over
languish for
regret the loss of
cry over
shed tears for
be in brown study
glower
frown
have the hump
be silent
look sullen
more ❯
Verb
▲
To expectantly want something to happen
hope
expect
want
foresee
wish
desire
pray
count on
surmise
trust
anticipate
assume
believe
be looking
contemplate
hold
long
long for
presume
await
rely
suppose
suspect
be sure of
cross your fingers
deem likely
depend on
feel confident
hang in
have faith
keep fingers crossed
knock on wood
look forward to
promise oneself
think to
watch for
hope against hope
ache
yen
pine
will
hold out hope
envisage
hope for
look for
predict
forecast
prophesy
envision
divine
foretell
prognosticate
foreshadow
foreknow
apprehend
sense
visualize
US
visualise
UK
have a hunch of
contemplate the possibility of
wait for
prepare for
pre-empt
bank on
see in the cards
plan on
be prepared for
bargain for
see something coming
bargain on
reckon on
count upon
feel
have in prospect
plan for
gather
be afraid of
figure
be hopeful of
look ahead to
presage
forebode
portend
call
vaticinate
project
adumbrate
forewarn
imagine
read
soothsay
determine
previse
spae
fancy
prevision
forefeel
premise
preknow
espy
entertain
foretaste
count chickens
take it
come to the conclusion
augur
auspicate
call it
draw the inference
crystal ball
see it coming
be inclined to think
figure on
psych out
think likely
think it likely
regard as likely
take it as given
allow for
dope out
take for granted
have a hunch
have sneaking suspicion
more ❯
Verb
▲
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
languish
fade
flag
weaken
decline
decay
wilt
wither
fail
sink
deteriorate
droop
dwindle
diminish
sag
ebb
lag
emaciate
go
rot
waste
molder
US
moulder
UK
sicken
faint
pine
tucker
hunger
long
hanker
ail
brood
despond
teeter
go downhill
waste away
grow weak
wither away
fade away
fizzle out
go to pieces
knock out
go into a decline
conk out
go soft
die on vine
wane
falter
tire
degenerate
lessen
disappear
lose strength
shrink
give out
lose energy
melt away
decrease
subside
shrivel
crumble
fall
lower
abate
etiolate
recede
weary
wizen
drop
dissolve
die away
grow less
die out
peter out
die down
drain away
drop off
fall away
disintegrate
succumb
age
atrophy
evaporate
peak
wear out
tire out
grow feeble
ebb away
pine away
become emaciated
perish
shrivel up
tucker out
poop out
debilitate
moderate
ease
sap
thin
enervate
enfeeble
taper
devitalize
relent
remit
prostrate
pall
wear away
slacken
become fatigued
grow tired
grow weary
soften
melt
trail
retire
cave in
break down
come to an end
ratchet down
taper off
let up
ease off
phase down
de-escalate
dry up
strain
pain
feel weak
feel faint
become listless
deplete
run out of gas
vanish
drain
dissipate
dim
attenuate
plummet
disperse
gutter
reduce
go down
wind down
become less
become weak
go away
grow dim
tail off
wear off
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
rare
)
To have an attraction to or feel affection for someone
affect
like
desire
love
adore
favor
US
favour
UK
appreciate
cherish
crave
fancy
admire
esteem
covet
want
ache for
care for
wish for
decide
wish
decide on
see fit
please
prefer
will
espouse
incline toward
settle upon
designate
determine
embrace
feel disposed to
demand
be inclined toward
name
opt for
go for
Noun
▲
A deep longing or wish for something
desire
hope
longing
passion
wish
yearning
craving
dream
goal
hankering
urge
want
will
need
panting
relish
thirst
zeal
ache
appetency
burning
determination
obsession
pining
yen
enthusiasm
impulse
thirstiness
jones
letch
lust
envy
lusting
demand
fancy
ambition
aspiration
objective
requirement
intent
purpose
motivation
compulsion
inclination
disposition
drive
necessity
requisite
predisposition
propensity
aim
pursuit
motive
penchant
endeavour
UK
proclivity
endeavor
US
predilection
essential
whim
impetus
preference
hunger
fire in the belly
appetite
itch
intention
eagerness
liking
greed
hungering
target
plan
exigency
thing
covetousness
appetence
ideal
object
design
infatuation
fervour
UK
mission
desideratum
vision
resolve
scheme
fervor
US
holy grail
end
idea
sine qua non
pretension
Holy Grail
raison d'être
object of desire
desired result
bourne
love
greediness
appetition
urgency
druthers
needfulness
prerequisite
weakness
exigence
fascination
necessary
mania
craze
eyes for
strong interest
resolution
high demand
indispensable thing
calling
vocation
push
pipe dream
destination
bourn
mark
direction
necessary item
essential item
partiality
fondness
attraction
taste
like
cupidity
bent
daydream
thought
shine
prayer
coveting
aching
addiction
notion
grail
strong want
cacoethes
hurting
imposition
munchies
keenness
excitement
fire in belly
voracity
esurience
gluttony
call
sweet tooth
fixation
hang-up
preoccupation
ardor
US
ardour
UK
impulsion
big eyes
needs
exigencies
demands
choice
option
great demand
desired thing
missing thing
needed thing
pressure
heart's desire
constraint
mind
acuteness
wont
criticalness
pressingness
imperativeness
ambitiousness
expectation
velleity
pleasure
discretion
command
go-getting
fundamental
must
essentiality
condition
basic
needful
essence
indispensable
precondition
imperative
indispensable item
vital
vital part
essential requirement
lifeblood
life or death
part and parcel
must-have
stipulation
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