Hanker
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhæŋkə(ɹ)/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Hanker is a verb meaning To crave, want or desire.
Meaning
To crave, want or desire.
Example Sentences
[…] the newly rich hanker after old aristocratic glitz.
If you hanker for chocolate, you'll like this fudge recipe.
[…] it made us heroes, and that was what Tom Sawyer had always been hankering to be.
“Baked, they were tough; and even boiled, they warn’t things for a hungry man to hanker after.”
Word Forms
- hankers
- hankering
- hankered
Synonyms for hanker
Depending on context, synonyms include covet, long, yearn.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include yearn, long, itch, crave, becrave, want.
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