yearn
verb
[ jəːn ]
• have an intense feeling of longing for something, typically something that one has lost or been separated from.
• "she yearned for a glimpse of him"
Similar:
long,
pine,
crave,
desire,
want,
want badly,
wish,
have/feel a longing,
covet,
lust,
pant,
hunger,
thirst,
ache,
be aching,
itch,
be itching,
hanker after,
dream of,
fancy,
have one's heart set on,
be bent on,
eat one's heart out over,
have a yen,
yen,
be dying,
be athirst for,
be desirous,
suspire for,
Origin:
Old English giernan, from a Germanic base meaning ‘eager’.
