English

Detailed Synonyms for yearn in English

yearn:

to yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)

  1. to yearn
    – desire strongly or persistently 1
    to yearn
    – desire strongly or persistently 1
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    to long for; to languish; to pine
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • long for verb (longs for, longed for, longing for)
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
  2. to yearn
    – desire strongly or persistently 1
    to long; to yearn; hanker
    – desire strongly or persistently 1
    • long verb (longs, longed, longing)
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    • hanker verb
  3. to yearn
    to grasp; caught; to snatch; to seize; to grip; to catch; to snatch away; to drag; to clutch; to yearn; to reach; to slog away; to toil and moil; to rummage about; to rout; to clasp; to pilfer; to snout; to slave away; to stick; to root; to scratch
    • grasp verb (grasps, grasped, grasping)
    • caught verb
    • snatch verb (snatchs, snatched, snatching)
    • seize verb (seizes, seized, seizing)
    • grip verb (grips, gripped, gripping)
    • catch verb (catches, catched, catching)
    • snatch away verb (snatchs away, snatched away, snatching away)
    • drag verb (drags, dragged, dragging)
    • clutch verb (clutchs, clutched, clutching)
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    • reach verb (reachs, reached, reaching)
    • slog away verb (slogs away, slogged away, slogging away)
    • toil and moil verb (toils and moil, toiled and moiled, toiling and moiling)
    • rummage about verb (rummages about, rummaged about, rummaging about)
    • rout verb (routs, routed, routing)
    • clasp verb (clasps, clasped, clasping)
    • pilfer verb (pilfers, pilfered, pilfering)
    • snout verb (snouts, snouted, snouting)
    • slave away verb (slaves away, slaved away, slaving away)
    • stick verb (sticks, sticked, sticking)
    • root verb (roots, rooted, rooting)
    • scratch verb (scratches, scratched, scratching)
  4. to yearn
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to languish; to long for; to pine; to yearn
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • long for verb (longs for, longed for, longing for)
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
  5. to yearn
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    to pine; to ache; to yearn; to languish; yen
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    • pine verb (pines, pined, pining)
      • I am pining for my lover1
    • ache verb (aches, ached, aching)
      • She ached for a cigarette1
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)
    • languish verb (languishes, languished, languishing)
    • yen verb
  6. to yearn
    – have affection for; feel tenderness for 1
    to yearn
    – have affection for; feel tenderness for 1
    • yearn verb (yearns, yearned, yearning)

Conjugations for yearn:

present
  1. yearn
  2. yearn
  3. yearns
  4. yearn
  5. yearn
  6. yearn
simple past
  1. yearned
  2. yearned
  3. yearned
  4. yearned
  5. yearned
  6. yearned
present perfect
  1. have yearned
  2. have yearned
  3. has yearned
  4. have yearned
  5. have yearned
  6. have yearned
past continuous
  1. was yearning
  2. were yearning
  3. was yearning
  4. were yearning
  5. were yearning
  6. were yearning
future
  1. shall yearn
  2. will yearn
  3. will yearn
  4. shall yearn
  5. will yearn
  6. will yearn
continuous present
  1. am yearning
  2. are yearning
  3. is yearning
  4. are yearning
  5. are yearning
  6. are yearning
subjunctive
  1. be yearned
  2. be yearned
  3. be yearned
  4. be yearned
  5. be yearned
  6. be yearned
diverse
  1. yearn!
  2. let's yearn!
  3. yearned
  4. yearning
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

yearn

  1. yearn
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
    pine; yearn
    – have a desire for something or someone who is not present 1
  2. yearn

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Related Definitions for "yearn":

  1. have affection for; feel tenderness for1
  2. have a desire for something or someone who is not present1
  3. desire strongly or persistently1