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yearningness

yearningness noun: the quality of longing or yearning.

Noun

yearningness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of longing or yearning.

Origin of yearningness

From yearning + -ness.

Questions about yearningness

What does yearningness mean?
Yearningness means the quality of longing or yearning.
What part of speech is yearningness?
Yearningness is a noun.

Words near yearningness in the dictionary

  1. yearnful
  2. yearnfully
  3. yearnfulness
  4. yearning
  5. yearningly
  6. yearningness
  7. yearnings
  8. yearns
  9. yearnsome
  10. yearnt
  11. yearny

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