Definitions for yearnings

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yearnings yearn·ing

Spelling: [yur-ning]

IPA: /ˈyɜr nɪŋ/

Yearnings is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 450 anagrams from letters in yearnings (aeginnrsy).

Definitions for yearnings

noun

1. deep longing, especially when accompanied by tenderness or sadness:
2. an instance of such longing.

verb (used without object)

1. to have an earnest or strong desire; long:
2. to feel tenderness; be moved or attracted:

Origin of yearnings

before 900; Middle English; Old English gierninge. See yearn, -ing¹

Examples for yearnings

Chinese yearning to breathe experiment with canned mountain air, makeshift purifiers, and bans on barbecues—to no avail.

But the yearning towards the parent country is too strong to be overcome.

The story, told with precision and restraint, is full of yearning and quiet reflection.

The yearning for a vague idea of “glory” that will come with being part of a greater Russian “whole” runs through everything.

Besides, is not the yearning for the divine simply a desire to behold the Divinity?

His heart ached with yearning more intense than any that he could recall.

He glanced across the river as though he were yearning to accept the invitation.

There's something in me that—I think only a son of his could have satisfied my yearning.

A time-honored and noble legacy is kept alive by a yearning for discovery and exploration.

I think that yearning for one more thing is very much on my mind.