yearn
/jɜːn/ verbDefinition
yearn for sth; yearn to do sth › to want something very much with a feeling of sadness: They yearned for peace. She yearned to get away.
yearning noun [C, U] (Definition of yearn verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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