yearn
Meaning of yearn
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- Yearning; yen.
1917 August 12, "A YEARN FOR PEACE; Pan-Germanism Denounced" Sunday Times (Perth, WA) p.1
Information about yearn
- The plural form of yearn is: yearns.
- Languages in which yearn is used:
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Hyphenation of yearn
yearn
- It consists of 1 syllables and 5 chars.
- yearn is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable
yearn synonyms
Meaning hanker:
Meaning ache:
Translation of yearn
- Spanish: ansiar
- Portuguese: desejar
- Italian: desiderare
Anagrams of yearn
Arney, aryne, enray, Raney, Rayne, rayne, renay, Reyna, Yaren
Words that rhyme with yearn
earn, dearn, beearn, reearn, Ahearn, Hearn, kearn, learn, mislearn, outlearn, overlearn, relearn, unlearn, Stearn, outearn
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