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What is another word for
hanker
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To crave, want or desire something or someone
To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
To indulge in fantasies about something desired
Verb
▲
To crave, want or desire something or someone
crave
yearn
ache
desire
hunger
long
wish
pine
thirst
want
itch
covet
lust
burn
yen
pant
fancy
suspire
obsess
drool
sigh
be eager
be aching
be desperate
be itching
have a yen
have a longing
be dying
be desirous
want badly
pine for
be athirst
be hungry
be thirsty
have a hankering
be burning
be greedy
cream for
partial to
be consumed with a desire
be consumed with the desire
be eating one's heart out
lick one's chops
hanker after
hanker for
long for
dream of
dream
wish for
thirst for
yearn for
have a yen for
hunger for
lust after
hope
need
be bent on
set one's heart on
would give one's eyeteeth for
yen for
seek
be consumed with desire
be unable to wait
eat one's heart out over
be consumed with desire for
itch for
be athirst for
spoil for
pant for
cry out for
be desirous of
ache for
suspire for
aspire to
aspire
chafe
languish
miss
desiderate
envy
hope for
strive
choose
set your heart upon
carry a torch
salivate for
regret the absence of
hunger after
feel a longing
die for
eat your heart out
repine for
pant after
lust for
sigh for
jones for
be dying for
drool over
aim
set your sights on
would give one's eye teeth
die
be very keen
be very eager
have one's heart set on
begrudge
be desperate for
pine after
be unable to wait for
have hots for
have designs on
burn for
have your eye on
lament
be gagging
have a fancy
be impatient
long to
hope to
desire to
regret the loss of
shed tears for
dream about
cry for
wish to
want to
yearn to
hanker to
have the hots for
have hard feelings
turn green
be envious
die over
object to
be covetous of
hunger to
thirst after
be passionate
be eager for
have a crush on
require
jones
feen
give eyeteeth for
desire intensely
grieve for
repine
be greedy for
be hungry for
be thirsty for
like
lack
will
prefer
beg
feel like
carry a torch for
feel nostalgic for
long to see
feel the loss of
longingly remember
pray for
have need of
wish to have
have a fancy for
feel in need of
ask for
have a need for
look forward to
be in need of
have as one's aim
have as one's goal
more ❯
“We
hanker
for a shower to wash away the grubbiness and grime of Jordan's enterprises well before the three hours are up.”
Verb
▲
To anticipate, expect, or wait for, especially with a feeling of approval or pleasure
look forward to
covet
yearn
crave
desire
pine
fancy
hunger
want
envy
thirst
anticipate
await
expect
hanker after
hanker for
pine after
pine for
yearn for
be unable to wait for
hope for
itch for
long for
set one's heart on
wait for
wish for
wish to
be desperate for
be dying for
be eager to
be enthused about
be enthusiastic about
be excited at
be excited to
be gung ho about
be hung up about
be impatient about
be interested in
be keen on
count the days until
hunger for
lust after
really want
thirst for
yen for
actively await
ardently await
await with anticipation
await with enthusiasm
await with gusto
await with pleasure
breathlessly await
eagerly await
earnestly await
energetically await
enthusiastically await
expectantly await
fervently await
hungrily await
impatiently await
intently await
longingly await
repine for
spiritedly await
thirstily await
vigorously await
zealously await
actively anticipate
anticipate with enthusiasm
anticipate with gusto
ardently anticipate
breathlessly anticipate
eagerly anticipate
earnestly anticipate
energetically anticipate
enthusiastically anticipate
expectantly anticipate
fervently anticipate
have your eye on
hungrily anticipate
impatiently anticipate
intently anticipate
longingly anticipate
spiritedly anticipate
thirstily anticipate
vigorously anticipate
zealously anticipate
anticipate with pleasure
cannot wait
can't wait
have an eye on
have a yen for
ache for
be athirst for
be counting down the days to
lick one's lips over
aspire to
burn for
salivate for
sigh for
pant for
be consumed with desire for
lust for
lick your lips
lick one's chops
be after
aim for
wait on
lie in wait for
be prepared for
be in readiness for
relish
be bent on
sweat it out
be excited about
be ready for
hang around for
hang out for
watch for
look out for
count the hours until
anticipate with anticipation
delight in
cool your heels
stay for
sweat
count down the days
be eager
be anxious
be impatient
salivate
listen
be waiting for
drool
anticipate with eagerness
be spoiling for something
itch
seek
be in need of
pray for
spoil for
have as one's aim
have need of
have one's heart set on
dream of
cry out for
be desirous of
hunger after
wish to have
prefer
beg
wish
die for
desiderate
like
need
have a fancy for
feel in need of
choose
ask for
have as one's goal
feel like
will
have a need for
more ❯
Verb
▲
To deplete, or be depleted, in physical strength or energy
languish
fade
flag
weaken
decline
decay
wilt
wither
fail
sink
deteriorate
droop
dwindle
diminish
sag
ebb
lag
emaciate
go
rot
waste
molder
US
moulder
UK
sicken
faint
pine
tucker
hunger
long
yearn
ail
brood
despond
teeter
go downhill
waste away
grow weak
wither away
fade away
fizzle out
go to pieces
knock out
go into a decline
conk out
go soft
die on vine
wane
falter
tire
degenerate
lessen
disappear
lose strength
shrink
give out
lose energy
melt away
decrease
subside
shrivel
crumble
fall
lower
abate
etiolate
recede
weary
wizen
drop
dissolve
die away
grow less
die out
peter out
die down
drain away
drop off
fall away
disintegrate
succumb
age
atrophy
evaporate
peak
wear out
tire out
grow feeble
ebb away
pine away
become emaciated
perish
shrivel up
tucker out
poop out
debilitate
moderate
ease
sap
thin
enervate
enfeeble
taper
devitalize
relent
remit
prostrate
pall
wear away
slacken
become fatigued
grow tired
grow weary
soften
melt
trail
retire
cave in
break down
come to an end
ratchet down
taper off
let up
ease off
phase down
de-escalate
dry up
strain
pain
feel weak
feel faint
become listless
deplete
run out of gas
vanish
drain
dissipate
dim
attenuate
plummet
disperse
gutter
reduce
go down
wind down
become less
become weak
go away
grow dim
tail off
wear off
more ❯
Verb
▲
To indulge in fantasies about something desired
dream
fantasise
UK
fantasize
US
daydream
contemplate
imagine
envision
visualise
UK
visualize
US
contrive
muse
romanticise
UK
romanticize
US
fancy
crave
idealise
UK
idealize
US
long
lust
pine
woolgather
picture
aim for
aspire to
build castles in air
conceive of
conjure up pictures
desire to
hanker after
hope for
hunger for
live in a dream world
long for
pipe dream
seek to
thirst after
thirst for
wish for
wish to
yearn for
have as one's aim
have as one's goal
ideate
set one's heart on
set your sights on
sigh
envisage
conceive
see
vision
conceit
image
conjure up
fantasy
feature
hallucinate
conceptualize
US
conceptualise
UK
depict
dream up
think of
build castles in the air
think up
make believe
project
perceive
moon
romance
indulge in fantasy
fantasize about
build castles in Spain
dream about
indulge in fancy
indulge in wool-gathering
see in your mind's eye
gush
view
think
rhapsodize
US
swoon
rhapsodise
UK
conjure up an image of
form a picture of
form a mental picture of
give free rein to the imagination
see in one's mind
stargaze
frame
concoct
suppose
apprehend
evoke
pretend
consider
divine
assume
create
infer
dream of
head trip
call to mind
make up
bring to mind
conjure up a mental picture of
plan
represent
portray
foresee
appreciate
behold
conjure up a picture of
figure
create in your mind
be unrealistic
scheme
languish
mope
brood
cook up
yearn
believe
conjecture
guess
surmise
be in a reverie
be in a brown study
suspect
reckon
sentimentalize
US
gather
presume
hypothesize
US
lie
exaggerate
presuppose
hypothesise
UK
preconceive
take as a hypothesis
say
interpret
sentimentalise
UK
reflect
object
be economical with the truth
view through rose-tinted glasses
make up stories
tell stories
look at through rose-colored glasses
let your imagination run away with you
stretch the truth
think romantically
hyperfocus
realise
UK
realize
US
conjure
be under the impression
think it conceivable
be inclined to think
think likely
be of the view
trump up
be of the opinion
think it likely
have an idea
think about
trip out
see visions
call up
get the picture
conjure up an picture of
form a mental image of
picture in one's mind's eye
play-act
make-believe
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