yearnful
yearnful adjective: filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
Adjective
yearnful (comparative more yearnful, superlative most yearnful)
- Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
- So now lend me thy yearnful tunes to utter my sorrow.1570, Richard Edwards, “Damon and Pithias”, in A select collection of old English plays, Volume 4, page 43
- Ah! they were grand days, those deep, full days, when our coming life, like an unseen organ, pealed strange, yearnful music in our ears, and our young blood cried out like a war-horse for the battle.1886, Jerome K. Jerome, Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
- Synonyms:
- earnful
Synonyms of yearnful
Forms of yearnful
| comparative | more yearnful |
|---|---|
| superlative | most yearnful |
Origin of yearnful
From Middle English yernful, ȝeornful, from Old English ġearnfull, ġeornful (“desirous, eager, zealous, diligent, anxious”), equivalent to yearn + -ful.
Words formed from yearnful
Questions about yearnful
- What does yearnful mean?
- Yearnful means filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
- What part of speech is yearnful?
- Yearnful is an adjective.
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