Hanker
['hæŋkə] or ['hæŋkɚ]
Definition
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To linger in expectation or with desire.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Long, yearn, crave, hunger
ANT:Dislike, shun, loathe, abominate, detest, abhor, avoid, {[Hap]?},[See LUCK]
Editor: Sidney
Definition
v.i. to long for with eagerness: to linger about (with after for).—n. Hank′ering a lingering craving for something.
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Examples
- The Crown Prince is always in opposition to the crown or hankering after it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I liked it much better than that of my father, but still had a hankering for the sea. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Mike says he even likes to talk to him and run after him, but he has a _hankering_ that Moore should be made an example of. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- They all want me dead, and are hankering for my money. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Benjamin still had a hankering for the sea, but he recognized in the printing-office and access to books other means of escape from the narrowness of the Boston of 1720. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- What has come of Major Dobbin, whose cab was always hankering about her premises? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I have already heard it hinted that he seems to have a queer hankering after Moore. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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