I never hanker for a cheeseburger.
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Hanker
//ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "hanker" (31 found)
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Translations
23 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- жадувам verb (to want)
- копнея verb (to want)
Czech
3 entries- dychtit verb (to want)
- prahnout verb (to want)
- toužit verb (to want)
Dutch
1 entries- hunkeren verb (to want)
German
2 entries- begehren verb (to want)
- verlangen verb (to want)
Italian
2 entries- desiderare verb (to want)
- volere verb (to want)
Māori
4 entries- hōkaka verb (to want)
- koroingo verb (to want)
- ohia verb (to want)
- tōmina verb (to want)
Russian
2 entries- жаждать verb (to want)
- хотеть verb (to want)
Sardinian
3 entries- chègliere verb (to want)
- chèrfere verb (to want)
- chèrzere verb (to want)
Spanish
1 entries- querer verb (to want)
Ukrainian
3 entries- дуже хотіти verb (to want)
- жадати verb (to want)
- палко бажати verb (to want)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
After I eat my shrimp and grits, I hanker after apple pie and sweet tea.
Source: tatoeba (8977291)
I began to hanker after eating an authentic pretzel.
Source: tatoeba (10310728)
If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.
Source: wiktionary
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