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Meaning of yearny | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Indicating strong desire, passion, or longing; eager.
  2. Overly desirous; sentimental.

Examples

“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 […]”
“"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.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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