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Desirous vs Hankering - What's the difference?

desirous | hankering | Related terms |

Desirous is a related term of hankering.


As an adjective desirous

is feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.

As a verb hankering is

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As a noun hankering is

(often|followed by for or after) a strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.

desirous

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Feeling desire; eagerly wishing; solicitous; eager to obtain; covetous.
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    Anagrams

    * ----

    hankering

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • * 2008 May 23, James Graff, " Lost: Labour's Love for Brown," Time :
    • [T]here is a clear sense that Britain is hankering for a change at the top.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (often, followed by for or after) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.
  • * 1840 , , The Knight of Malta :
    • I found that he had dipped a little in chimerical studies and had a hankering after astrology and alchymy.
  • * 1849 , , Shirley , ch. 1:
    • Mike says he even likes to talk to him and run after him, but he has a hankering that Moore should be made an example of.
  • * 1861 , , Framley Parsonage , ch. 4:
    • One may say that hankering after naughty things is the very essence of the evil into which we have been precipitated by Adam's fall.
  • * 1904 , , Dialstone Lane . ch. 2:
    • "Some people are fond of a stay-at-home life, but I always had a hankering after adventures."
  • * 2010 Aug. 12, Michael D. Lemonick, " Study: Lucy's Relatives Used Tools to Butcher Meat," Time :
    • In other words, some species of human ancestor . . . not only had a hankering for meat, which scientists had not expected, but used tools to get it.

    Synonyms

    * craving

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