yearn ‧ ing /ˈjɜːnɪŋ $ ˈjɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] literary
a strong desire for something SYN longing
yearning for
a yearning for travel
yearning to do something
He had a deep yearning to return to his home town.
yearn ‧ ing /ˈjɜːnɪŋ $ ˈjɜːr-/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable and countable] literary
a strong desire for something SYN longing
yearning for
a yearning for travel
yearning to do something
He had a deep yearning to return to his home town.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012