Meaning & use
Yenned
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Felt a strong longing or craving for something (past tense of the informal verb "yen").
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After months abroad, she yenned for a taste of home-cooked food.
He yenned to return to the mountains where he grew up.
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The verb yen, meaning to yearn, comes from a Chinese term for opium craving before broadening to any intense longing.
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