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Hanker

To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town.

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Manner of action 5

Ache 76% connected

A name given to several species of plants; as, smallage, wild celery, parsley.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Languish 76% connected

To become languid or weak; to lose strength or animation; to be or become dull, feeble or spiritless; to pine away; to wither or fade.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pine 76% connected

Woe; torment; pain.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Yearn 76% connected

To pain; to grieve; to vex.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Yen 76% connected

of Ye

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Broader term 2

Desire 76% connected

To long for; to wish for earnestly; to covet.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Want 76% connected

The state of not having; the condition of being without anything; absence or scarcity of what is needed or desired; deficiency; lack; as, a want of p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

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Synonym 2

Long 92% connected

Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Yearn 92% connected

To pain; to grieve; to vex.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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