Synonyms for yearning
ˈyɜr nɪŋyearn·ing

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1. yearning

   One is eager who impatiently desires to accomplish some end; one is earnest with a desire that is less impatient, but more deep, resolute, and constant; one is anxious with a desire that foresees rather the pain of disappointment than the delight of attainment. One is eager for the gratification of any appetite or passion; he is earnest in conviction, purpose, or character. Eager usually refers to some specific and immediate satisfaction, earnest to something permanent and enduring; the patriotic soldier is earnest in his devotion to his country, eager for a decisive battle.

   Synonyms:
   animated, anxious, ardent, burning, desirous, eager, earnest, enthusiastic, fervent, glowing, hot, impatient, impetuous, importunate, intense, intent, keen, longing, vehement, zealous

   Antonyms:
   apathetic, calm, careless, cold, cool, dispassionate, frigid, heedless, indifferent, negligent, phlegmatic, purposeless, regardless, stolid, stony, stupid, unconcerned, uninterested, unmindful, unmoved

   Preposition:
   Eager for (more rarely after) favor, honor, etc.; eager in pursuit.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. longing, yearning, hungrinessnoun

   prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

   Synonyms:
   hungriness, hunger, thirst, thirstiness, longing

Matched Categories

1. • Desire

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1. yearningnoun

   Synonyms:
   longing, hankering, pining

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1. List of paraphrases for "yearning":

   aspiration, desire, nostalgia, longing, suction

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1. Kevin Kelley:

   To suggest Senator Collins has changed is laughable. Senator Collins is constantly being criticized by extremists on the far left and the far right, yet Senator Collins has never wavered, republicans, Democrats, and Independents are yearning for pragmatic, common sense leadership, and that's what Senator Collins has always, and will continue to, bring to the table.

2. Gage Averill:

   It was constrained businessmen who were yearning for something lighthearted and convivial, they would sing these songs associated with their childhood. There was a widespread sense, you could find this now as well, that the nation was in decline, that life was not as simple as it had been in the 1890s, 1910s.

3. Former Rep. John Delaney:

   I think the American people are yearning for someone who's a truth-teller, sometimes the best way to make that point is to be a little bit disagreement with your own party, right ?

4. Vice President Joe Biden:

   Bernie is speaking to a yearning that is deep and real. And he has credibility on it, it's relatively new for Hillary to talk about that.

5. Beau Biden:

   Bernie is speaking to a yearning that is deep and real and he has credibility on it, and that is the absolute enormous concentration of wealth in a small group of people with the new class now being able to be shown being left out.