How to pronounce yearning:
To long, have a strong desire (for something).
Example: "All i yearn for is a simple life."
To long for something in the past with melancholy, nostalgically.
To have strong feelings of love, sympathy, affection, etc. (toward someone).
To be pained or distressed; to grieve; to mourn.
To pain; to grieve; to vex.
To curdle, as milk.