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yearning

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yearning
noun
they sometimes feel a yearning for the mountains and the sea:
longing, pining, craving, desire, want, wish, hankering, urge, need, hunger, hungering, thirst, appetite, greed, lust, ache, burning, fancy, inclination, eagerness, fervour;
informal yen, itch;
rare cacoethes.
yearning Oxford Dictionary of English