Antonyms for hanker

Grammar : Verb

Spell : hang-ker

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhæŋ kər

Definition of hanker

Origin : c.1600, of unknown origin, probably from Flemish hankeren, related to Dutch hunkeren "to hanker," of unknown origin; perhaps an intensive of Middle Dutch hangen "to hang" (see hang (v.)). If so, the notion is of "lingering about" with longing or craving. Related: Hankered; hankering.

verb desire

Example sentences :

There's days when I feel uneasy every minute and hanker for a deck underneath me.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

I was too busy to hanker for a stump speech, so I cut across his bows.
Extract from : « The Depot Master » by Joseph C. Lincoln

Here, by Godfreys, they don't give us no time to hanker for nothin'.
Extract from : « Galusha the Magnificent » by Joseph C. Lincoln

If you hanker to go to Boston, go you shall, and no thanks to me.
Extract from : « Nobody » by Louis Joseph Vance

Trivial might some say who hanker after giantesque composition.
Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley

It was characteristic of Jamie that still he did not hanker for more money.
Extract from : « Pirate Gold » by Frederic Jesup Stimson

He'd better bend his own back at that work, and then it's not mint he'll hanker after, no fear!
Extract from : « Fruits of Culture » by Leo Tolstoy

That is not the kind of greatness of country that I hanker for very seriously.
Extract from : « The Arena » by Various

I can make a living for myself and my small family, and we do not hanker after riches.
Extract from : « The Brand of Silence » by Harrington Strong

I hanker for a chance to cross the street, but they won't let me.
Extract from : « Otherwise Phyllis » by Meredith Nicholson

Synonyms for hanker

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