hanker

Significado (Inglés)

To crave, want or desire.

Conceptos

ansiar

anhelar

añorar

doler

apetecer

desear ardientemente

Sinónimos

yearn

crave

long

aspire

hunger

desire

ache

long for

want

pester

pine

regret

thrill

wish

worry

conceive a violent passion

be greedy

cry out

entreat

expect

languish

lust

miss

need

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/

Etimología (Inglés)

With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative.