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yearn for
verb as in covet
Strongest matches
verb as in crave
verb as in desire
Strong matches
verb as in fancy
verb as in wish for
Example Sentences
We yearn for the dopamine hit of a good deal, but at the same time feel gaslit by retailers that aren’t transparent about their pricing policies.
This will create a state of learned helplessness and despair where instead of rejecting Trump and his successors’ strongman rule, many Americans will seek and yearn for it because he and his spokespeople promise stability and easy solutions.
And even though I don’t expect audiences to know these things, or even literally interpret them, I do think that all audiences feel these things and there’s a sort of aura about them, and that’s what I yearn for in the medium.
And get ready for debates as to what makes for the best long-term partnership — where do we compromise, and is it even healthy to yearn for romance above all else in life?
As they yearn for a deeper connection or lament deserving better treatment from a lover, the unified feeling among its stark switchups of a distant cheering crowd, an angered electronic track and a sorrowful ballad in the 2 minute and 45 second track is what takes this song from inventive to groundbreaking.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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