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Meanings of yearning (yearnings) in English

Portuguese
desejo
Catalan
desig
Spanish
hambre

Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.

        desejo
        Spanish
        anhelo
        Catalan
        anhel

        Deep and aching desire for someone or something.

              anhelo

              Ardent desire or craving.

                    Full of yearning.

                          Usage of yearnings in English
                          1
                          My unsteady courage often gave place to yearnings for my native planet.
                          Star Maker
                          2
                          You have your own unique set of circumstances, desires, yearnings and dreams.
                          The South African
                          3
                          But he knows nothing of the heart of Bengal and its yearnings.
                          Freedom's Battle / Being a Comprehensive Collection of Writings ...
                          4
                          Those who did not back Corbyn need to abandon yearnings for yesteryear.
                          The Guardian
                          5
                          Nothing else can meet the deepest needs and yearnings of our time.
                          The Ministry of the Spirit
                          6
                          Nineteenth-century developers in Liverpool created a Kensington, charming evidence of genteel yearnings.
                          The Guardian
                          7
                          We see now that the yearnings of divine love will be satisfied.
                          Love's Final Victory / Ultimate Universal Salvation on the Basis...
                          8
                          Your letter filled with useless yearnings of which I thought myself incapable.
                          Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos / T...
                          9
                          She was conscious of yearnings for a more earnest life than this.
                          The Angel Over the Right Shoulder; Or, The Beginning of a New Ye...
                          10
                          Her breast was stirred with confused yearnings, and every imaginable evil thought.
                          A Love Episode
                          11
                          His songs were full of sighs and yearnings, languid lips and sheep's-eyes.
                          Fisherman's Luck and Some Other Uncertain Things
                          12
                          But I was alone with all my perverted yearnings for another girl.
                          Another life altogether: a novel
                          13
                          She found places there-capacitiesfor loving-intenseyearnings-which had remained hidden until now.
                          The Hand but Not the Heart; Or, The Life-Trials of Jessie Loring
                          14
                          A father, sire, may for his son's good disregard his own yearnings.
                          The Blue Pavilions
                          15
                          The more widespread of the two reflects the yearnings of the poor.
                          The Guardian
                          16
                          Not a glimmering of what Art meant-ofits effort, and its yearnings!
                          The Dark Flower
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