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yearning

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of yearning

a strong wish for something

had a sudden yearning for something sweet

Synonyms of yearning

appetency, appetite, craving, desire, drive, hankering, hunger, itch, jones [slang], letch, longing, lust, passion, pining, thirst, thirstiness, urge, yen

Words Related to yearning

compulsion, impulse, impulsion, will, zeal

liking, love, taste, weakness

eagerness, impatience

necessity, need, requirement

acquisitiveness, avarice, avariciousness, avidity, covetousness, cupidity, greed, greediness, rapaciousness, rapacity

cacoëthes, mania

Near Antonyms of yearning

abhorrence, abomination, allergy, averseness, aversion, disfavor, disgust, disinclination, dislike, disliking, distaste, hatred, loathing, nausea, repugnance, repulsion, revulsion

apathy, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance, unconcern

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