hankering
21hankering — noun a yearning for something or to do something • Syn: ↑yen • Derivationally related forms: ↑yen (for: ↑yen), ↑hanker • Hypernyms: ↑longing, ↑ …
22long — vb Long, yearn, hanker, pine, hunger, thirst mean to have a strong and urgent desire for something. One longs when one wishes for something, and especially something remote or not readily attainable, with one s whole heart or with great… …
23itch — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. itching, tickling, prickly sensation; mange, manginess; ca coëthes, cacoëthes scribendi (writer s itch); the itch, scabies, psora; itchiness; burning, tingling; desire, craving, hankering. v. i.… …
24han´ker|er — han|ker «HANG kuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. to have a longing or craving; wish; yearn: »The lonely child hankered for friends. She hankers after things she cannot afford. What business had he to be hankering after this girl at all! (John Galsworthy).… …
25han|ker — «HANG kuhr», verb, noun. –v.i. to have a longing or craving; wish; yearn: »The lonely child hankered for friends. She hankers after things she cannot afford. What business had he to be hankering after this girl at all! (John Galsworthy). –n. =… …
26Hanker — Han ker (h[a^][ng] k[ e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hankered} ( k[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hankering}.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.] 1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; usually with for or …
27Hankered — Hanker Han ker (h[a^][ng] k[ e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hankered} ( k[ e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hankering}.] [Prob. fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.] 1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; usually with …
28List of English words of Dutch origin — This is a list of words of Dutch language origin. However, note that this list does also include some words of which the etymology is uncertain, and that some may have been derived from Middle Low German equivalents instead or as well. Some of… …
29appetite — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. hunger, desire, craving. Ant., aversion, distaste. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A craving for food or drink] Syn. hunger, thirst, craving, longing, urge, taste, dryness, dehydration, starvation, empty… …
30desire — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Craving Nouns 1. desire, wish, fancy, fantasy; want, need (see necessity). 2. desirability, appeal, magnetism, attraction. 3. inclination, mind, devices, animus, partiality, penchant, predilection;… …
