ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsW–Zyearn
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yearn
Meaning: to long for deeply
yearn in a sentence
How yearn is used in real sentences:
After a year abroad she yearned for her grandmother's cooking.
After a year abroad she yearned for her grandmother's cooking.
“When the first snow buried her markers, Lena felt woe for the nests and flowers that had failed, but she also yearned to return after winter.”
— from the passage The Meadow Notebook
Synonyms for yearn
Other words for yearn — long, pine, crave and ache — carry the same meaning.
- long
- pine
- crave
- ache
Antonyms of yearn
Words that mean the opposite of yearn:
- dread
- shun
Where it comes from
From Old English giernan 'to desire'
Memory hook
YEARN — your heart YEARS for it.