hanker after/forsomething
phrasal verbwithhankerverbuk/ˈhæŋ.kər/us/ˈhæŋ.kɚ/
to have astrongwishfor something,especiallyif you cannot or should not have it:
What did you hanker after most when you were inprison?
Even after all theseyears, I still hanker for amotorbike.
Wanting things
- ache forsomething
- acquisitive
- ambitious
- ambitiously
- angle
- angle forsomething
- burn
- fancy
- haveyoureye onsomethingidiom
- hunger
- hunger after/forsomething
- hungrily
- pine
- setyoursights onsomethingidiom
- shook
- sight
- someone'sheart's desireidiom
- straw
- super-ambitious
- tempt