yearn
/jɜːn/
Dictionary
verb
- To long, have a strong desire (for something).
"All I yearn for is a simple life."
- To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
- To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
- To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
- To pain; to grieve; to vex.
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