Desires something intensely with a deep, often melancholic longing, usually for something distant or impossible to have.
From Old English 'geornian' meaning 'to yearn' or 'to desire earnestly.' Germanic in origin, it's been used for over a thousand years.
The word 'yearning' has a poetic quality because it implies both desire AND sadness—you can yearn for your childhood or someone far away, combining happiness and pain!
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