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hankered

hankered is the simple past and past participle of hanker.

Meaning of hanker

Verb

hanker (third-person singular simple present hankers, present participle hankering, simple past and past participle hankered)

  1. To crave, want or desire.
    • If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.
    Synonyms:
    covet

Questions about hankered

What is hankered the simple past and past participle of?
Hankered is the simple past and past participle of hanker.

Words near hankered in the dictionary

  1. Hankel matrixes
  2. Hankels
  3. hanker
  4. hankerchief
  5. hankerchiefs
  6. hankered
  7. hankerer
  8. hankerers
  9. hankering
  10. hankeringly
  11. hankerings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hankered (page history and authors); hanker (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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