yearny
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
Definition of yearny
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing; eager.
“It was beautiful and made me feel yearny for home.”
“I was slooshying more like malenky romantic songs, what they call Lieder, just a goloss and a piano, very quiet and like yearny, different from when it had been all bolshy orchestras and me lying on the bed between […]”
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adj
-
Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing; eager.
“It was beautiful and made me feel yearny for home.”
“I was slooshying more like malenky romantic songs, what they call Lieder, just a goloss and a piano, very quiet and like yearny, different from when it had been all bolshy orchestras and me lying on the bed between […]”
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Overly desirous; sentimental.
“"Long Ago and Far Away," "Sentimental Journey": "Never thought my heart could be so yearny, Why did I decide to roam? Gotta take that sentimental journey, Sentimental journey home."”
“Apart from the pathetic yearny crush bit, obviously.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From yearn + -y.
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