hankering

hankering

1. kaipuu

Synonyymisanakirja

hankering

mieliteko, kaipaus, ikävä, kaipuu, halu.

Rimmaavat sanat

hankering rimmaa näiden kanssa:

catering...

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Englannin sanakirja

hankering (englanti > suomi)

1. hinku, havittelu, kaipuu, kaipaus, halu

hankering englanniksi

1. (present participle of)

2. 2008 May 23, James Graff, "http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1808953,00.html Lost: Labour's Love for Brown," Time:

There is a clear sense that Britain is hankering for a change at the top.

3. puhekieltä or (m) A strong, restless desire, longing, or mental inclination.

4. 1840, w:Washington Irving|Washington Irving, The Knight of Malta:

I found that he had dipped a little in chimerical studies and had a hankering after astrology and alchymy.

5. 1849, w:Charlotte Bronte|Charlotte Bronte, 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.

6. 1861, w:Anthony Trollope|Anthony Trollope, 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.

7. 1904, w:W. W. Jacobs|W. W. Jacobs, Dialstone Lane. ch. 2:

"Some people are fond of a stay-at-home life, but I always had a hankering after adventures."

8. 2010 Aug. 12, Michael D. Lemonick, "http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2009968,00.html 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.

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