Antonyms 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.

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

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

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

Matched Categories

1. • Desire

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. longing, yearning, hungrinessnoun

   prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

   Synonyms:
   hungriness, hunger, thirst, thirstiness, longing

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1. yearningnoun

   Synonyms:
   longing, hankering, pining

How to use yearning in a sentence?

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. Nicole Kidman:

   There’s an enormous amount of pain and an enormous amount of joy on the other side of it, the flipside of going through so much yearning and pain to get there is the feeling of ‘ Ahhhh ! ’ when Nicole Kidman have the child.

3. 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.

4. Kacey Wong:

   Art is just a tool to express the spirit of yearning for freedom, and that is what we are being deprived of.

5. Dan Pallotta:

   The things we’ve been taught to think about giving and about charity and the nonprofit sector are actually undermining the causes we love and our profound yearning to change the world.

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