Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yearnful

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: yearn-ful
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.

Example Sentences

"So now lend me thy yearnful tunes to utter my sorrow."
"Ah! they were grand days, those deep, full days, when our coming life, like an unseen organ, pealed strange, yearnful music in our ears, and our young blood cried out like a war-horse for the battle."
"I am yearnful to know who was the unhappy person the wicked general threatened."

Etymology

From Middle English yernful, ȝeornful, from Old English ġearnfull, ġeornful (“desirous, eager, zealous, diligent, anxious”), equivalent to yearn + -ful.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: yernful, ġearnfull
Suffix: yearn

Inflected Forms

more yearnful (comparative) most yearnful (superlative)

Derived Forms

yearnfully yearnfulness

Synonyms

earnful

Questions

What does yearnful mean?: Filled with yearning; desirous; mournful; distressing.
Where does yearnful come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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