hanker

hanker is a 6-letter English word with 3 senses as intransitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 13 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To long (for) with a keen appetite and uneasiness; to have a vehement desire; -- usually with for or after; as, to hanker after fruit; to hanker after the diversions of the town.
2. intransitive verb. To linger in expectation or with desire.
3. verb. desire strongly or persistently

   Synonyms: long, yearn

Synonyms

long, yearn

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in hanker:

harken

Common word forms

hankers, hankered, hankerer, hankering

Words from these letters

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