yearn

About 0.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.

   All I yearn for is a simple life.

2. verb To long for something in the past with melancholy or nostalgia.
3. verb Of music, words, etc.: to express strong desire or longing.
4. verb To have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc., toward someone.
5. verb To be distressed or pained; to grieve; to mourn.
6. verb Often followed by out: to perform (music) which conveys or say (words) which express strong desire or longing.
7. verb To have a strong desire or longing (for something or to do something).
8. verb To cause (someone) to have strong feelings of affection, love, sympathy, etc.; also, to grieve or pain (someone).

Similar words

hanker ache languish long yen pine crave longing desire aspiration

Often followed by

for to after and over towards with toward in

Word family

yearned yearner yearners yearning yearningly yearns