Meanings
comparative more yearnsome · superlative most yearnsome
- Expressing, indicating, or full of yearning; yearnful; desirous.
I'm in complete control, my yearnsome drones.
2005, Paul Seaton, Cats Don't Eat Pancakes2 more examples
And ah! a yearnsome sigh / Escapes from scores of swains, who far and nigh / To win the slightest notice vainly try, […]
1919, Winter Sports VerseHe'd been on Mir for six months, and was kind of yearnsome for new company.
1990, Pete Davies, Dollarville
Origin
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yearnsome. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/yearnsome
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