yearning

About 2.25 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A wistful or melancholy longing.

   She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.

2. verb present participle and gerund of yearn
3. noun Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).

Similar words

wistful longing sad desire aspiration ambition wish wishing eagerness nostalgia

Often followed by

for to of and after in that is which

Word family

yearnings