- Types Of Speech
- You can use yearn as a verb in a sentence.
- About Yearn
- A 1 syllables verb and 5 letters with the letters a, e, n, r, and y, 3 consonants, 2 vowels and 1 syllables with the middle letter a. Yearn starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters y, ye, yea, year, and the ending characters are n, rn, arn, earn, ..
- Definition
- Have affection for; feel tenderness for
- Origin/Roots
- Old English
- School Grade
- Yearn is set as a grade five word that starts with y, ends with n, 1 syllables, 2 vowels and 5 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is yearn a scrabble word? A 8 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Yearn in Pig Latin is said as "yearnay or yearnway".
- Unigram
- y | e | a | r | n
- Bigram
- ye | ea | ar | rn
- Trigram
- yea | ear | arn
- Quadrigram
- year | earn
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- have affection for;
feel tenderness for - have a desire for something or someone who is not present;
"She ached for a cigarette";
"I am pining for my lover" - desire strongly or persistently
Synonym | Definition |
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Ache | a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
Aching | a dull persistent (usually moderately intense) pain |
Choose | pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives "Take any one of these cards" "Choose a good husband for your daughter" "She selected a pair of shoes from among the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" |
Covet | wish, long, or crave for (something, especially the property of another person) "She covets her sister''s house" |
Crave | plead or ask for earnestly |
Desire | an inclination to want things "a man of many desires" |
Dream | a fantastic but vain hope (from fantasies induced by the opium pipe) "I have this pipe dream about being emperor of the universe" |
Fancy | fancy was held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than imagination |
Gasp | a short labored intake of breath with the mouth open "she gave a gasp and fainted" |
Hanker | desire strongly or persistently |
View all cognitive synonyms for Yearn
Anagram | Definition |
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Yearn | have affection for feel tenderness for |
View English words with the unique letters used in yearn. Words With The Letters Aenry
Word | Definition |
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Care For | |
Cherish | be fond of be attached to |
Hold Dear | |
Treasure | art highly prized for its beauty or perfection |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Yearner (7 letters) | 10 +2 | 10 +2 | yearner | ||
Yearn (5 letters) | 8 | 8 | yearn | ||
Yarner (6 letters) | 9 +1 | 9 +1 | yarner |
Yearn Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With Y
- Ends With N
- Spelled With / Contains Letters