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yearnsome

yearnsome adjective: expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous.

Adjective

yearnsome (comparative more yearnsome, superlative most yearnsome)

  1. Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous.
    • And ah! a yearnsome sigh / Escapes from scores of swains, who far and nigh / To win the slightest notice vainly try, […]1919, Winter Sports Verse
    • He'd been on Mir for six months, and was kind of yearnsome for new company.1990, Pete Davies, Dollarville

Forms of yearnsome

comparativemore yearnsome
superlativemost yearnsome

Origin of yearnsome

From yearn + -some.

Questions about yearnsome

What does yearnsome mean?
Yearnsome means expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous.
What part of speech is yearnsome?
Yearnsome is an adjective.

Words near yearnsome in the dictionary

  1. yearning
  2. yearningly
  3. yearningness
  4. yearnings
  5. yearns
  6. yearnsome
  7. yearnt
  8. yearny
  9. yearold
  10. Yearout
  11. Yearouts

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