English

Detailed Synonyms for yearn in English

yearn:

to yearn verbe (yearns, yearned, yearning)

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