Synonyms for hankering
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1. hankering

   Inclination is the mildest of these terms; it is a quiet, or even a vague or unconscious, tendency. Even when we speak of a strong or decided inclination we do not express the intensity of desire. Desire has a wide range, from the highest objects to the lowest; desire is for an object near at hand, or near in thought, and viewed as attainable; a wish may be for what is remote or uncertain, or even for what is recognized as impossible. Craving is stronger than hankering; hankering may be the result of a fitful and capricious appetite; craving may be the imperious and reasonable demand of the whole nature. Longing is a reaching out with deep and persistent demand for that which is viewed as now distant but at some time attainable; as, the captive's longing for release. Coveting ordinarily denotes wrong desire for that which is another's. Compare APPETITE.

   See synonyms for ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   appetency, appetite, aspiration, concupiscence, coveting, craving, desire, inclination, longing, proclivity, propensity, wish

   Preposition:
   The desire of fame; a desire for excellence.

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1. hankering, yennoun

   a yearning for something or to do something

   Synonyms:
   yen, hankering

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1. • Longing

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1. hankeringnoun

   Synonyms:
   longing, craving, strong desire

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1. hankeringnoun

   Synonyms:
   longing, craving, yearning

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1. Professor Robert Jackson:

   Evarcha culicivora has a particular hankering for Anopheles mosquitoes – the very mosquitoes notorious for being malaria vectors, this little spider is a predator that likes us and eats our enemies.

2. James Dean:

   My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.

3. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

   Always remember the hankering for the 'other' is never for them, but to use them as a means of your EGO, you turn them into a commodity and thats why every relationship gets ruined. Mind YOU!