yearnings Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun prolonged unfulfilled desire or need
    hungriness; longing; yearning.
  2. verb desire strongly or persistently
    yearn; long; hanker.
  3. verb have a desire for something or someone who is not present
    ache; yearn; languish; pine; yen.
    • She ached for a cigarette
    • I am pining for my lover
  4. verb have affection for; feel tenderness for
    yearn.

WordNet

Yearn"ings noun plural
Etymology
Cf. AS. geirnan, geyrnan, to rum. See 4th Earn.
Definitions
  1. The maws, or stomachs, of young calves, used a rennet for curdling milk. Scot.

Webster 1913