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Webster 1828 Edition

Yearning

YEARNING

, YERNING,

pp.

Longing; having longing desire.

YEARNING

, YERNING,

Noun.

Strong emotions of desire, tenderness or pity.

Definition 2024

yearning

yearning

English

Noun

yearning ‎(plural yearnings)

A wistful or melancholy longing.
She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.
(archaic) rennet

Translations

wistful or melancholy longing

Arabic: شَوْق m ‎(šawq)
Armenian: կարոտ (hy) ‎(karot)
Catalan: anhel (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 憧憬 (zh) ‎(chōngjǐng)
Czech: stesk m, tesknění n, stýskání n
Danish: længsel c
Esperanto: dezirego
Finnish: kaipuu, kaipaus, ikävä (fi)
French: aspiration (fr) f, envie (fr) f
Georgian: წყურვილი ‎(c̣q̇urvili)
German: Sehnsucht (de) f
Hebrew: כִּיסּוּפִים (he) ‎(kisufim)

Italian: brama (it) f, nostalgia (it) f, anelito m, voglia (it) f, desiderio (it) m, bramosia (it) f
Japanese: あこがれ (ja) ‎(akogare)
Korean: 동경 (ko) ‎(tonggyeong)
Polish: tęsknota (pl) f
Portuguese: saudade (pt)
Romanian: dor (ro) n, dorință arzătoare f, năzuință (ro) f
Russian: тя́га (ru) f ‎(tjága), скло́нность (ru) f ‎(sklónnostʹ), стремле́ние (ru) n ‎(stremlénije), тоска́ (ru) f ‎(toská) (sadness)
Spanish: anhelo (es) m
Turkish: hasret (tr), özlem (tr)

Related terms

yearn

Verb

yearning

present participle of yearn