hankering
31longing — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. yearning, craving, hankering, hunger. See desire. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. wanting, deSirous, ravenous; see enthusiastic 2 . n. Syn. yearning, pining, hunger; see deSire 1 , wish 1 . III (Roget s 3 …
32want — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. need; poverty, indigence; lack, dearth, deficiency, absence; shortage, inadequacy, scarcity; necessity, requirement. v. lack, need; be in need; require, desire, wish, crave; fall short of, be… …
33wish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. desire, will; pleasure; craving, yearning, want, hankering; intention. v. want, long for, dream of, hope for, ask [for], yearn, crave, hanker. See hope, desire. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [DeSire] Syn.… …
34yen — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, desire, craving, longing, hankering, yearning; taste, hunger, relish; passion; tendency, appetite. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. longing, craving, hunger; see deSire 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
35hungry — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. starved, famished, craving, ravenous, deSirous, hankering, unsatisfied, unfilled, starving, edacious, insatiate, voracious, of keen appetite, famishing, half starved, hungered, ravening, omnivorous, carnivorous,… …
36hanker — (v.) c.1600, of unknown origin, probably from Flemish hankeren, related to Du. hunkeren to hanker, of unknown origin; perhaps an intensive of M.Du. hangen to hang (see HANG (Cf. hang) (v.)). If so, the notion is of lingering about with longing or …
37longing — 1. noun a longing for the countryside Syn: yearning, pining, craving, ache, burning, hunger, thirst, hankering; informal yen, itch 2. adjective a longing look Syn: yearning, pining, craving, hungry …
38itch — [ich] vi. [ME yicchen, icchen < OE giccan, akin to Ger jucken] 1. to feel or cause an irritating sensation on the skin that makes one want to scratch the affected part 2. to have a restless desire or hankering vt. 1. to make itch 2. to… …
39Hankeringly — Han ker*ing*ly, adv. In a hankering manner. [1913 Webster] …
40Snift — Snift, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Snifted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Snifting}.] [From {Sniff}.] 1. To snort. [Obs.] Resentment expressed by snifting. Johnson. [1913 Webster] 2. To sniff; to snuff; to smell. [1913 Webster] It now appears that they were still… …
