hankering (Meaning)

Wordnet

hankering (n)

a yearning for something or to do something

Webster

of Hanker

After weeks of deprivation, he harbored an intense hankering for a juicy steak.
The aroma of freshly baked bread ignited an irresistible hankering in her stomach.
I couldn't resist the hankering to indulge in a decadent slice of chocolate cake.
Despite his strict diet, he found himself hankering after a forbidden burger and fries.
The mere thought of her grandmother's homemade soup filled her with a hankering for comfort food.
His hankering for adventure led him to explore uncharted territories.
The old man's hankering for the past made him reminisce about his youth.
She had an inexplicable hankering for something sweet, as if it could quench some unknown craving.
The sight of the old bookshop ignited a hankering for the forgotten stories that lay within.
Her hankering for knowledge drove her to pursue an advanced degree in astrophysics.

a yearning for something or to do somethingof Hanker

urge, longing, hunger, desire, thirst,craving,appetite, pining, itch, taste

revulsion, abomination, revulsion, allergy, repugnance, loathing, disgust, abhorrence, hatred, dislike

After weeks of deprivation, he harbored an intense hankering for a juicy steak.

The aroma of freshly baked bread ignited an irresistible hankering in her stomach.

I couldn't resist the hankering to indulge in a decadent slice of chocolate cake.

Despite his strict diet, he found himself hankering after a forbidden burger and fries.