Antonyms for yearn
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1. yearn

   Antonyms:
   loathe, revolt, recoil, shudder

   Synonyms:
   long, hanker, crave, covet, desire

2. yearn

   Synonyms:
   long for, be eager for

Matched Categories

1. • Care For
   • Desire

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1. hanker, long, yearnverb

   desire strongly or persistently

   Synonyms:
   yen, pine, ache, hanker, languish, long

2. ache, yearn, yen, pine, languishverb

   have a desire for something or someone who is not present

   "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover"

   Synonyms:
   smart, languish, hurt, fade, pine away, long, ache, suffer, pine, hanker, waste, yen

3. yearnverb

   have affection for; feel tenderness for

   Synonyms:
   yen, pine, ache, hanker, languish, long

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 1 vote

1. yearnverb

   Synonyms:
   long, desire, hanker after, pine

How to use yearn in a sentence?

1. Varatha Shanmuganathan:

   I always, in my heart and soul, have cherished and nourished peace, justice, equality and democracy, i wanted to tell the story of my country loud and clear to every generation -- we should all yearn for peace.

2. Czon:

   I'm always looking for my place in life and always yearn away to somewhere else, some other time.

3. Jesse Hunt:

   Democrats are panicked Betsy Johnson multi-decade grip on the governor’s office is slipping away as Christine Drazan connects with a majority of Oregon voters who yearn for change, the Democrat regime of Joe Biden, Kate Brown, Tina Kotek, and Betsy Johnson have done nothing to make Oregon safer or more prosperous.

4. unknown:

   The chaos that scared the others away is what makes me yearn to stay.

5. Nancy Pelosi:

   If Hillary had won, I was ready to go home, it was really shocking that someone like Donald Trump would be President of the United States. We yearn for the day of a Mitt Romney or a George Bush or someone. But anyway, that motivated me to stay now.

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