Overview of noun yearning

The noun yearning has 1 sense

• longing, yearning, hungriness -- (prolonged unfulfilled desire or need)

Overview of verb yearn

The verb yearn has 3 senses

• hanker, long, yearn -- (desire strongly or persistently)


• ache, yearn, yen, pine, languish -- (have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover")


• yearn -- (have affection for; feel tenderness for)