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hanker

verb

1 hanker

Desire strongly or persistently.

synonyms: long, yearn.

is a specific kind of: desire, want.

is a broader term that covers: ache, languish, pine, yearn, yen.

derivation: hungriness, longing, yearning | hankering, yen | longer, thirster, yearner.

Dutch: begeren, dromen, talen, verlangen, zuchten

Moby thesaurus: ache, covet, crave, desire, fancy, hunger, hunger after, hunger for, itch for, long for, lust, lust after, lust for, pine, pine for, sigh, thirst, thirst after, thirst for, want ... show more.

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