hanker+for
11hanker — v Usu. hanker after or for long for, yearn for, itch for, hunger for, thirst for, pant for, lust for, Sl. lech after, Inf. yen for, wish for; crave, desire, covet, want, want with all one s heart, set one s heart on, want in the worst way, pine… …
12hanker — han|ker [ hæŋkər ] verb intransitive INFORMAL to have a strong feeling of wanting something: hanker after/for: She had always hankered after thick curly hair. hanker to do something: He hankered to revisit his childhood home …
13hanker\ after — • lust for • hanker after v. phr. To physically yearn for; want something very strongly. Ed has been lusting after Meg for a very long time …
14hanker after/for/to do something — feel a desire for or to do something. → hanker …
15hanker — verb (hanker after/for/to do something) feel a desire for or to do something. Derivatives hankerer noun Origin C17: prob. related to hang …
16hanker — [[t]hæ̱ŋkə(r)[/t]] hankers, hankering, hankered VERB If you hanker after something, you want it very much. [V after/for n] In 1969 I hankered after a floor length brown suede coat. [Also V to inf] …
17hanker — verb hanker after/for phrasal verb (T) to secretly feel that you want something, over a long period: Lucy had always hankered after a place of her own …
18hanker — Synonyms and related words: ache, covet, crave, desire, fancy, hunger, hunger after, hunger for, itch for, long for, lust, lust after, lust for, pine, pine for, sigh, thirst, thirst after, thirst for, want, wish, yearn, yearn for, yen …
19hanker — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. desire, covet, crave, long for, yearn for. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. crave, deSire, wish for; see want 1 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To have a strong longing for: ache, covet, desire, long2, pant …
20hanker — verb ADVERB ▪ secretly ▪ always ▪ still PREPOSITION ▪ after ▪ She s always hankering after excitement …
