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Definition of "yearnful" []

  • Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing. (adjective)

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Use "yearnful" in a sentence
  • "Meticulous, worshipful further study can be found here. p.s. By the way, I feel like there must be a connection between the blatant, explicit sexual nature of Gaga and Glambert — whose performances wear the permissive mores of our society like a fancy headdress or a harness — and the repressed, charged, yearnful yet chaste world of Twilight, which is the other thing burning up the Zeitgeist right now."
  • "But at least you could have acted yearnful, as in, well, if I had the time, I'd watch The Sopranos."
  • "And then a young woman cried out in a most yearnful voice, "O tell us, you who are wise, how can we make ourselves as beautiful as Pandora!""
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