These answers for “Yearning” are gathered from crossword puzzles where the clue was written the same way or very similarly, offering entries that were accepted in published solutions.
Suggested Answers:
- YEN
- WISTFUL
- LONGING
- PINING
- ACHE
- DESIRE
- HANKERING
- ACHING
- ITCH
- LUST
- WISH
- THIRST
- WANT
- WISTFULNESS
- HUNGRY
- HOPING
- URGE
- EAGER
- HOPE
Synonyms and Definitions
YEN
- Synonyms: ache, hankering, languish, pine, yearn
WISTFUL
- Synonyms: pensive
LONGING
- Synonyms: hanker, hungriness, long
PINING
- Synonyms: immobilise, immobilize, pin, trap, yen
ACHE
- Synonyms: aching, hurt, smart, suffer
DESIRE
- Synonyms: hope, trust, want
- Definition: The emotion that comes with a state of dissatisfaction.
ACHING
- Synonyms: achy
ITCH
- Synonyms: itchiness, itching, rub, scabies, scratch, spoil, urge
LUST
- Synonyms: crave, hunger, lecherousness, lustfulness, luxuria, starve, thirst
- Definition: an intense longing for sexual activity
WISH
- Synonyms: bid, care, compliments, indirect request, like, regard, wish well, wishing
THIRST
- Synonyms: lust, thirstiness
WANT
- Synonyms: deficiency, deprivation, desire, lack, need, neediness, privation, require, wish
HUNGRY
- Synonyms: athirst, thirsty
HOPING
- Synonyms: go for, hop, hop-skip, skip
URGE
- Synonyms: advocate, barrack, cheer, exhort, impulse, inspire, itch, pep up, press, recommend, root on, urge on
- Definition: a natural impulse
EAGER
- Synonyms: aegir, bore, eagre, tidal bore
- Definition: A large (and often hazardous) wave produced by tidal movement, such as when tidal currents collide or in a confined estuary.
HOPE
- Synonyms: promise