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English noun: yearning

1. yearning (feeling) prolonged unfulfilled desire or need


Synonymshungriness, longing


Broader (hypernym)desire


Narrower (hyponym)discontent, discontentedness, discontentment, hankering, nostalgia, pining, wishfulness, wistfulness, yen









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