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View definitions for yearned for

yearned for

adjective as in missed

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His gifts too were not as rich as those bestowed on that yearned-for widow.

Ferishtah replies, “Perhaps there may be; perhaps the greatly yearned-for once befell; perhaps the sun was flesh once.”

Now, on the very eve of her happiness, she was to be deprived of the yearned-for wagon.

And so we start for ItalyItaly, the yearned-for goal of all my girlish dreams.

The incident now began to take on the nature of Helen's long-yearned-for adventure.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to yearned for, such as: craved, desired, needed, wanted, and wished-for.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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