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Yearning   /jˈərnɪŋ/   Listen
verb
Yearn  v. i. & v. t.  To curdle, as milk. (Scot.)


Yearn  v. t.  (past & past part. yearned; pres. part. yearning)  To pain; to grieve; to vex. (Obs.) "She laments, sir, for it, that it would yearn your heart to see it." "It yearns me not if men my garments wear."


Yearn  v. i.  To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. (Obs.) "Falstaff he is dead, and we must yearn therefore."


Yearn  v. i.  To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. "Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother; and he sought where to weep." "Your mother's heart yearns towards you."


noun
yearning  n.  
1.
Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.
Synonyms: longing.


adjective
yearning  adj.  
1.
Full of longing or unfulfilled desire.
Synonyms: wistful.





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"Yearning" Quotes from Famous Books



... night, linger merrily hosts of dancing stars. Bright under its limpid waters gleam the towers of many a 'sunken city.' Strong and clear through the night-silence of eager listening, ring the chimes of their far-off bells, the echoes of joyous laughter: and to waiting, yearning ones come, ever and anon, deep glances from gleaming eyes, warm graspings from outstretched hands. And well windeth the river into grim old caves, and even the merriest boat that King Cole ever launched flitteth by the dark doors, intent only on the ...
— Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No IV, April 1863 - Devoted to Literature and National Policy • Various
... carrying on the work which had been interrupted by His death. St. Paul dares to say that he is filling up that which was lacking of Christ's sufferings for the sake of His body, the Church. He says that the heart of Christ is yearning after men in his heart; that the mind of Christ is scheming for the kingdom of God in his brain; he even compares the marks of persecution on his body to ...
— The Preacher and His Models - The Yale Lectures on Preaching 1891 • James Stalker
... isn't it!" he remarked inanely, before thinking it necessary to remove his head. Her face was still the face of tenderness, full of yearning. It did not change. She took a handkerchief from her pocket and carefully pressed it to his cheek and chin. When she took it away, he saw that it ...
— The Stolen Singer • Martha Idell Fletcher Bellinger
... life-ailment which made it impossible for her to continue acting. She had swallowed her aspirations, shedding a few tears. She lived in the hope of his triumph, and, as she had more time to think than he had, she suffered more keenly the agony of yearning unsatisfied. ...
— Tales From Bohemia • Robert Neilson Stephens
... most is the stealing in of night, when the sky takes on that strange elusive purple; when eyes turn to the evening star and marvel at its brightness; when the Eiffel Tower becomes a strange, shadowy stairway yearning in impotent effort to the ...
— Ballads of a Bohemian • Robert W. Service


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