yearning (Meaning)
yearning (n)
prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
yearning (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Yearn
Synonyms & Antonyms of yearning
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- rapacious
- voracious
- unappeasable
- insatiable
- inextinguishable
- unslakable
- insatiate
- quenchless
- unquenchable
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
yearning Sentence Examples
- The child yearned for the forbidden candy that lay just beyond their reach.
- The soldier yearned for home as he shivered in the cold, trenches.
- The traveler yearned for the day when they would finally set foot on the distant shores.
- The artist yearned for inspiration, but found only empty canvases.
- The lost hiker yearned for the sound of a rescuer's voice.
- The parent yearned for their child to succeed, even when the child stumbled.
- The mourner yearned for the comfort of a warm embrace.
- The lonely woman yearned for companionship, but found only silence.
- The artist yearned to capture the beauty of the fleeting moment.
- The ambitious entrepreneur yearned for the day when their dreams would become a reality.
FAQs About the word yearning
prolonged unfulfilled desire or needof Yearn
insistent,crying, urgent, importunate, pressing, unsatisfied, ravenous, unappeased,exigent, clamorous
satiable, satiated,satiable, satisfied, extinguishable, satisfiable, satiated, extinguishable, satisfiable, satisfied
The child yearned for the forbidden candy that lay just beyond their reach.
The soldier yearned for home as he shivered in the cold, trenches.
The traveler yearned for the day when they would finally set foot on the distant shores.
The artist yearned for inspiration, but found only empty canvases.
