List of 426 Sets of Synonyms - How they Differ - Total of 2307 Words - 425

SYNONYMS: yearn, long, pine, hanker, hunger, thirst.
These verbs mean to have a strong desire for something.

Yearn and long both stress earnest, heartfelt, often melancholy desire, as for the return of something lost or the attainment of something unfulfilled or beyond reach: She yearned for reconciliation. After a year, she longed for her native country.
Pine implies a lingering, often nostalgic desire that saps strength or spirit: Like all sailors ashore, I at last pined for the sea.
Hanker refers to a persistent or restless desire: What business had he to be hankering after this girl at all.
Hunger and thirst are applied to compelling desire likened to the need for food or drink: The child hungered for approval. Actors thirst for acclaim.