People everywhere yearn for public leaders dedicated to world peace.
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Yearn
//jɜːn//
Synonyms for "yearn" (75 found)
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Closest matches (15)
Strong matches (23)
Related words (37)
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More general
8 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
102 translations across 36 languages.
Ancient Greek
3 entries- ποθέω verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- ποθέω verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
- ὁμείρομαι verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Arabic
2 entries- اِشْتَاقَ verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- تَاقَ verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Armenian
1 entries- կարոտել verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
Belarusian
3 entries- нудзі́цца verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- сумава́ць verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- тужы́ць verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- жадувам verb (to have a strong desire for (something))
- копне́я verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- съсирвам verb (to curdle (milk), especially in the cheesemaking process)
- съсирвам се verb (of milk: to curdle, especially in the cheesemaking process)
Catalan
2 entries- anhelar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- ansiejar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Cebuano
2 entries- hidlaw verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- hidlaw verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 向往 verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- 思念 verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- 想念 verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- 盼念 verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Czech
3 entries- bažit verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- prahnout verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- toužit verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Danish
2 entries- længte efter verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- længte til verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Dutch
4 entries- smachten verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- terugverlangen (naar) verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
- verlangen (naar) verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- zuchten verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Esperanto
2 entries- sopiri verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- sopiri verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
Finnish
3 entries- haikailla verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- kaivata verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- kaivata verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
French
2 entries- languir verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- regretter verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
Galician
4 entries- aguciar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- arelar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- degorar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- devecer verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Georgian
4 entries- დარდი verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
- ლტოლვა verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- მისწრაფება verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- ნაღვლობა verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
German
3 entries- sich sehnen verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- verlangen verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- vermissen verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Greek
2 entries- επιθυμώ verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- λαχταρώ verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Hebrew
2 entries- השתוקק verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- כמה verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Hungarian
2 entries- sóvárog verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- vágyódik verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Italian
1 entries- bramare verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Japanese
3 entries- 切望する verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- 恋い慕う verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- 憧れる verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Korean
2 entries- 그리워하다 verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- 동경하다 verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Latin
1 entries- dēsīderō verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Māori
1 entries- kohekohe verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Occitan
4 entries- cobejar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- desirar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- se laguiar verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
- se lanhar verb (to long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia)
Portuguese
1 entries- ansiar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Romanian
3 entries- dori verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- jindui verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- tânji verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Russian
4 entries- жа́ждать verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- скуча́ть verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- стреми́ться verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- тоскова́ть verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- čȅznuti verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- žúdeti verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- žúdjeti verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- жу́дети verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Spanish
4 entries- acezar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- anhelar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- ansiar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- añorar verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Swedish
3 entries- längta efter verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- längta till verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- längta tillbaka till verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Turkish
2 entries- hislenmek verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- özlemek verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Ukrainian
4 entries- нуди́тися verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- нудьгува́ти verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- скуча́ти verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
- тужи́ти verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Welsh
1 entries- dyheu verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Yiddish
1 entries- בענקען verb (to have a strong desire for something or to do something)
Sample sentences
35 total sentences available.
Man has many wishes that he does not really wish to fulfil, and it would be a misunderstanding to suppose the contrary. He wants them to remain wishes, they have value only in his imagination; their fulfilment would be a bitter disappointment to him. Such a desire is the desire for eternal life. If it were fulfilled, man would become thoroughly sick of living eternally, and yearn for death.
Source: tatoeba (410818)
I yearn for victory.
Source: tatoeba (1772945)
For a pillow like this all men do yearn but that - quite frankly - is not my concern.
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