yearn

intr.v., yearned, yearn·ing, yearns.

1. To have a strong, often melancholy desire.
2. To feel deep pity, sympathy, or tenderness: yearned over the child's fate.

[Middle English yernen, from Old English geornan, giernan.]

yearner yearn'er n.

verb

1. To have a strong longing for: ache, covet, desire, hanker, long², pant, pine, want, wish. Informal hone². See desire.
2. To experience or express compassion: ache, commiserate, compassionate, feel, pity, sympathize. Idioms: be sorry, havetakepity. See pity.

v

Definition: desire strongly
Antonyms: dislike, hate

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IN BRIEF: To be filled with longing or desire.

I love those who yearn for the impossible. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832).

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - længes inderligt

Nederlands (Dutch)
vurig verlangen, genegenheid/ medelijden voelen

Français (French)
v. intr. - désirer (avoir), aspirer à, attendre (la saison), manquer

Deutsch (German)
v. - sich sehnen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - λαχταρώ, νοσταλγώ

Italiano (Italian)
languire

Português (Portuguese)
v. - sentir desejo, sentir melancolia, sentir pena

Русский (Russian)
томиться, жаждать, сочувствовать, свертывать

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - anhelar, ansiar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - längta, trängta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
渴望, 怀念, 想念

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 渴望, 懷念, 想念

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 그리워하다, 갈망하다, ~하고 싶어하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - あこがれる, 同情する, 切に…したがる, 切望する, 切々たる声で話す

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) اشتاق الى, حن الى, تاق الى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התגעגע, נכסף, השתוקק‬

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