yearn

To yearn is defined as to want something strongly.

(verb)

An example of yearn is to really want to be with someone you can’t ever be with.

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See yearn in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

  1. to be filled with longing or desire
  2. to feel tenderness or sympathy

Origin: ME yernen < OE gyrnan < georn, eager, akin to Ger gern, gladly: see hortatory

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See yearn in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb 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.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English yernen

Origin: , from Old English geornan, giernan; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • yearnˈer noun

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