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Showing words for YEARNING using the English dictionary

8 Letter Words for Yearning

renaying, yearning

7 Letter Words for Yearning

aginner, earning, engrain, geranin, ginnery, nearing, renying, yarning, yeaning

6 Letter Words for Yearning

anergy, argine, eaning, earing, enring, erning, gainer, ganner, ganyie, genian, ginner, ginney, graine, grainy, granny, grinny, inaner, ingeny, innage, nanger, narine, nignay, nignye, rangey, ranine, raying, reagin, regain, regian, regina, yarnen

5 Letter Words for Yearning

aegir, agrin, aiery, aiger, anger, angry, annie, areng, argin, aygre, ayrie, engin, ennia, enray, ering, gaine, garni, gayer, geira, genin, geyan, ginny, girny, grain, grane, grein, gynie, inane, ingan, inger, inner, irena, nairy, niger, nigra, niner, nying, raine, rainy, range, rangy, ranny, rayne, regia, regin, regna, reign, reina, renay, renga, renig, renin, ringe, ringy, yager, yearn, yerga

4 Letter Words for Yearning

agen, ager, agin, agni, aine, aire, airn, airy, anne, anni, anre, areg, aren, arni, ayen, ayin, ayne, ayre, earn, eira, eiry, engr, eria, erin, eyra, gaen, gain, gair, gane, gare, gari, garn, gary, gean, gear, gein, geir, gena, gery, gien, ginn, gire, girn, gnar, gran, gray, gren, grin, gyne, gyre, gyri, iare, inga, inne, iran, iyar, nagi, naig, nain, nane, nare, nary, near, nein, ngai, nina, nine, rage, ragi, rain, rane, rang, rann, rean, rein, renn, reny, rgen, riga, rine, ring, ryen, yagi, yair, yang, yare, yarn, yean, year, yeni, yern, yirn

3 Letter Words for Yearning

aer, age, agr, agy, ain, air, ane, ann, any, are, arg, arn, ary, aye, ayr, ean, ear, eir, eng, era, erg, ern, eyn, eyr, gan, gar, gay, gen, ger, gey, gie, gin, gra, gry, gye, gyn, ign, ing, inn, ira, ire, nae, nag, nar, nay, nea, neg, nei, nie, nig, nne, nye, rag, rai, ran, ray, rea, reg, rei, ria, rie, rig, rin, rna, rya, rye, yag, yan, yar, yea, yen, yer, yin

Definitions for Yearning

[1] deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness: a widower's yearning for his wife.
[2] an instance of such longing.
[3] to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation.
[4] to feel tenderness; be moved or attracted: They yearned over their delicate child.
[5] an intense or overpowering longing, desire, or need; craving
[6] (usually foll by for or after or an infinitive ) to have an intense desire or longing (for); pine (for)
[7] to feel tenderness or affection

Words related to Yearning

longing, eagerness, hankering, hunger, fascination, aspiration, thirst, passion, ambition, appetite, craving, urge, love, fancy, infatuation, want, need, ache, liking, craze

Words nearby Yearning

yearling, yearlong, yearly, yearly meeting, yearn, yearning, yeasayer, yeast, yeast cake, yeast nucleic acid, yeasty

Origin of Yearning

before 900; Middle English yernen, Old English giernan derivative of georn eager; akin to Old Norse girna to desire, Greek chaírein to rejoice, Sanskrit háryati (he) desires

Other words from Yearning

yearn·ing·ly , adverb
un·yearn·ing , adjective
yearn·er , noun
un·yearned , adjective

Word origin for Yearning

Old English giernan; related to Old Saxon girnian, Old Norse girna, Gothic gairnjan, Old High German gerōn to long for, Sanskrit haryati he likes

Synonyms for Yearning

ambition, appetite, aspiration, craving, eagerness, fascination, hankering, hunger, longing, passion, thirst, ache, craze, fancy, infatuation, liking, love, need, urge, want