Crossword-Solution: YEARN
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Yearn | v. t. | To pain; to grieve; to vex. |
| Yearn | v. i. | To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn. |
| Yearn | v. i. & t. | To curdle, as milk. |
| Yearn | v. i. | To be filled with longing desire; to be harassed or rendered uneasy with longing, or feeling the want of a thing; to strain with emotions of affection or tenderness; to long; to be eager. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| YEARN | anagram | ARNEY, EARNY, ENRAY, NAYER, NEARY, REYNA, YAREN |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with YEARN (5)
Hapless wretch! how can I brook On thy misery to look? Though to gaze on thee I yearn, Much to question, much to learn, Horror-struck away I turn.
The brakemen out on their box-cars, the miners up in their diggings, the lonely homesteaders in the sand hills of Yucca and Kit Carson Counties, begin to think of Denver, muffled in snow, full of food and drink and good cheer, and to yearn for her with that admiration which makes her, more than other American cities, an object of sentiment.
There be good reasons why every thern upon Barsoom should yearn to spill the blood of the blasphemer, the sacrilegist; but let us mix wisdom with our righteous hate.
Sooner or later the human being in you will yearn for the common bonds of humanity.” “Come and look at my pictures.” “Have you ever thought of death?” “Why should I? It doesn’t matter.” I stared at him.
The same old moon looked down; The same old landmarks seemed to yearn to me; But the cabins all were silent, and the flat, once like a town, Was mighty still and lonesome-like to see.
Quotes with YEARN (3)
Perhaps all the questions we ask of love, to measure, test, probe, and save it, have the additional effect of cutting it short. Perhaps the reason we are unable to love is that we yearn to be loved, that is, we demand something (love) from our partner instead of delivering ourselves up to him demand-free and asking for nothing but his company.
How sweet is the assurance, how comforting is the peace that come from the knowledge that if we marry right and live right, our relationship will continue, notwithstanding the certainty of death and the passage of time. Men may write love songs and sing them. They may yearn and hope and dream. But all of this will be only a romantic longing unless there is an exercise of authority that transcends the powers of time and death.
Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Boston Globe, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, S&S, Three Across, TIME, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 303 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).