Hanker \Han"ker\ (h[a^][ng]"k[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Hankered (-k[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Hankering.] [Prob.
fr. hang; cf. D. hunkeren, hengelen.]
1. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have
a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to
hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the
town. --Addison.
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He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A.
Symonds.
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2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
hankering
n : a yearning for something or to do something [syn: yen]
WordNet (r) 2.0
20 Moby Thesaurus words for "hankering":
Heimweh, aching, desiderium, homesick, homesickness, honing,
languishing, languishment, longing, mal du pays, maladie du pays,
nostalgia, nostalgic, nostomania, pining, wishful, wistful,
yearnful, yearning, yen
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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