Yahoo Malaysia Web Search

Sign In

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    yearning
    /ˈjəːnɪŋ/

    noun

    • 1. a feeling of intense longing for something: "he felt a yearning for the mountains"

    adjective

    • 1. involving or expressing yearning: "a yearning hope"

    Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

    More definitions, origin and scrabble points

  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishYEARNING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Yearning is a noun that means a strong feeling of wishing for something, especially something that you cannot have or get easily. Learn more about the pronunciation, translations and related words of yearning from the Cambridge Dictionary.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › yearningYearning Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Yearning is a noun that means a tender or urgent longing for something. See synonyms, example sentences, word history, and related entries for yearning.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › yearningYEARNING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Yearning definition: deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness. See examples of YEARNING used in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishYEARNING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    noun. an intense or overpowering longing, desire, or need; craving. Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Derived forms. yearningly (ˈyearningly) adverb. Word Frequency. yearning in American English. (ˈjɜrnɪŋ ) noun. deep or anxious longing, desire, etc. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.

  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › yearnYearn Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Yearn means to have a strong desire for something, often with a sense of longing or sadness. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related entries for yearn.

  7. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishYEARN | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Yearn means to wish very strongly, especially for something that you cannot have or something that is very difficult to have. Learn more about the verb yearn, its synonyms and how to use it in sentences with Cambridge Dictionary.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › yearningYearning - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    A yearning is a strong desire. If you have a yearning to travel in Africa, it means that you dream about it and intensely hope that one day you'll end up there. A strong longing for something is a yearning for it.