Associations to the word «Yearn»
Noun
- Remembrance
- Skipper
- Warmth
- Suffering
- Heaven
- Repose
- Mina
- Ideal
- Breast
- Sunshine
- Gaze
- Flesh
- Nay
- Sigh
- Freedom
- Lip
- Tear
- Sake
- Woe
- Ambition
- Strife
- Beauty
- Weep
- Maiden
- Comrade
- Disappointment
- Errand
- Hearth
- Exile
- Distress
- Pleasure
- Burn
- Thirst
- Touch
- Remembering
- Pine
- Imagination
- Glory
- Despair
- Feel
- Limb
- Dream
- Fibre
- Er
- Emotion
- Youth
- Revelation
- Sight
- Goodness
- Something
- Life
- Childhood
- Gown
- Refuse
- Strap
- Reward
- Seeing
Adjective
Wiktionary
YEARN, verb. (intransitive) (construed with for) To long, have a strong desire (for something).
YEARN, verb. (intransitive) (construed with for) To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically
YEARN, verb. (intransitive) To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
YEARN, verb. (transitive) To pain; to grieve; to vex.
YEARN, verb. (Scotland) To curdle, as milk.
Dictionary definition
YEARN, verb. Desire strongly or persistently.
YEARN, verb. Have a desire for something or someone who is not present; "She ached for a cigarette"; "I am pining for my lover".
YEARN, verb. Have affection for; feel tenderness for.
Wise words
Words to me were magic. You could say a word and it could
conjure up all kinds of images or feelings or a chilly
sensation or whatever. It was amazing to me that words had
this power.