hankered in English

verb

1

feel a strong desire for or to do something.

his wife accused him of hankering after adultery

synonyms: yearn, long, crave, desire, wish, want, hunger, thirst, lust, ache, pant, be eager, be desperate, be eating one's heart out, fancy, pine, be dying, have a yen, itch

verb

• yearn, long, crave, desire, wish, want, hunger, thirst, lust, ache, pant, be eager, be desperate, be eating one's heart out, fancy, pine, be dying, have a yen, itch
• yearn, long

Use "hankered" in a sentence

1. She hankered to go back to Australia.

2. She still hankered for her homeland.

3. He hankered to do something of quarrel.

4. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.

5. For I am a little diffidence, I want to enjoy the hankered feeling.

6. Krause hankered to tear the roster apart, proving that he is the architect, the great and powerful Oz.