hanker
5 antonyms for hanker — opposites grouped by meaning.
Verb — To have a strong wish for something.
Antonyms
Etymology
With a secondary frequentative suffix -er, ultimately pointing to Proto-Germanic *hankōną, an iterative to *hanhaną (“to hang”). Related to Dutch hunkeren (“to crave”), which continues the zero-grade iterative.
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