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yearning
Overview of noun yearning
The noun yearning has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (5) longing, yearning, hungriness -- (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)
Overview of verb yearn
The verb yearn has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)
2. ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish -- (have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover")
3. yearn -- (have affection for; feel tenderness for)
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yearning
1 sense of yearning
Sense 1
longing, yearning, hungriness
=> desire
=> feeling
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun yearning
1 sense of yearning
Sense 1
longing, yearning, hungriness
=> hankering, yen
=> pining
=> wishfulness
=> wistfulness
=> nostalgia
=> discontentment, discontent, discontentedness
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yearning
1 sense of yearning
Sense 1
longing, yearning, hungriness
=> desire
Antonyms of noun yearning
Member Holonyms of noun yearning
Substance Holonyms of noun yearning
Part Holonyms of noun yearning
Member Meronyms of noun yearning
Substance Meronyms of noun yearning
Part Meronyms of noun yearning
Meronyms of noun yearning
Holonyms of noun yearning
Attributes of noun yearning
Derived Forms of noun yearning
1 sense of yearning
Sense 1
longing, yearning, hungriness
RELATED TO>(verb) yearn#2
=> ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
RELATED TO>(verb) yearn#1
=> hanker, long, yearn
Domain of noun yearning
Domain Terms of noun yearning
Familiarity of noun yearning
yearning used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun yearning
1 sense of yearning
Sense 1
longing, yearning, hungriness
> desire
=> ambition, aspiration, dream
=> bloodlust
=> temptation
=> craving
=> wish, wishing, want
=> longing, yearning, hungriness
=> sexual desire, eros, concupiscence, physical attraction
=> urge, itch
=> caprice, impulse, whim
Meronyms of noun yearning
1 sense of yearning
Holonyms of noun yearning
Grep of noun yearning
yearning
Antonyms of verb yearn
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb yearn
3 senses of yearn
Sense 1
hanker, long, yearn
=> desire, want
Sense 2
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
=> hanker, long, yearn
=> desire, want
Sense 3
yearn
=> care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure
=> love
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb yearn
2 of 3 senses of yearn
Sense 1
hanker, long, yearn
=> ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
Sense 2
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
=> die
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb yearn
3 senses of yearn
Sense 1
hanker, long, yearn
=> desire, want
Sense 2
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
=> hanker, long, yearn
Sense 3
yearn
=> care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure
'Cause To' of verb yearn
Derived Forms of verb yearn
2 of 3 senses of yearn
Sense 1
hanker, long, yearn
RELATED TO>(noun) yearner#1
=> longer, thirster, yearner
RELATED TO>(noun) yearning#1
=> longing, yearning, hungriness
Sense 2
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
RELATED TO>(noun) yearner#1
=> longer, thirster, yearner
RELATED TO>(noun) yearning#1
=> longing, yearning, hungriness
Domain of verb yearn
Domain Terms of verb yearn
Familiarity of verb yearn
yearn used as a verb is uncommon (polysemy count =3)
Sample Sentences of verb yearn
3 senses of yearn
Sense 1
hanker, long, yearn
EX: They yearn to move
Sense 2
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 3
yearn
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb yearn
3 senses of yearn
Sense 1
hanker, long, yearn
> desire, want
=> crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lust
=> fancy, go for, take to
=> miss
=> hope
=> wish
=> wish, wish well
=> wish, care, like
=> itch, spoil
=> like
=> ambition
=> feel like
=> envy, begrudge
=> lust after, lech after
=> hanker, long, yearn
=> seek
Sense 2
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
> hanker, long, yearn
=> ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
Sense 3
yearn
> care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure
=> yearn
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb yearn
Sense 1
hanker, long, yearn
=> desire, want
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Sense 2
ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish
=> hanker, long, yearn
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Sense 3
yearn
=> care for, cherish, hold dear, treasure
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Grep of verb yearn
yearn
Grep of adv yearning
yearningly
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