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Meanings of yearning (yearnings) in inglês

português
desejo
catalão
desig
espanhol
hambre

Prolonged unfulfilled desire or need.

desejo
espanhol
anhelo
catalão
anhel

Deep and aching desire for someone or something.

anhelo
Synonyms
Examples for "intense wish"
Examples for "intense wish"
1
An intense wish to swim again in the cool waters seized him.
The Guns of Bull Run: A Story of the Civil War's Eve
2
Thirst for revenge joined the intense wish to become a warrior.
The Delight Makers
3
The same thought was in the mind of each, the same question, the same intense wish.
The Hollow of Her Hand
4
He looked at it as if he half thought it would be transformed under the power of his intense wish.
Philosopher Jack
5
A longer pause this time, following which the officer experienced a sudden intense wish to be anywhere other than where he currently happened to be.
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens

Ardent desire or craving.

Full of yearning.

Usage of yearnings in inglês
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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