About The Word Hanker
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Hanker
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What's The Definition Of Hanker?
[v] desire strongly or persistently
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hanker: long | yearn Related Terms | Find terms related to Hanker: 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 Hanker In Webster's Dictionary \Han"ker\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hankered}; 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.
He was hankering to join his friend. --J. A.
Symonds.
2. To linger in expectation or with desire. --Thackeray.
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