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present participle of hanker (for or after)
Synonyms & Antonyms of hankering (for or after)
to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy
- hankering for some company in his lonely mountain cabin
- hanker after a life of leisure
Synonyms for hankering (for or after)
- aching (for),
- coveting,
- craving,
- desiderating,
- desiring,
- dying (for),
- hungering (for),
- itching (for),
- jonesing (for)
- [slang],
- longing (for),
- lusting (for or after),
- panting (after),
- pining (for),
- repining (for),
- salivating (for),
- sighing (for),
- thirsting (for),
- wanting,
- wishing (for),
- yearning (for),
- yenning (for)
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