smachten — meaning in English
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English meaning
- covet verb To want something very badly, often something that belongs to someone else.
- languish verb To gradually lose strength, vitality, or spirit, especially over a long period of neglect or hardship.
- lust noun A strong feeling of desire, especially sexual desire.
- pine noun An evergreen coniferous tree with needle-like leaves, or the wood it produces.
- yearn verb To have a deep, often wistful longing for something or someone.
- yen noun The official currency of Japan, symbol ¥.
Senses
smachten is used for these senses in English:
- covet (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- covet (intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
- languish (intransitive) To pine away in longing for something; to have low spirits, especially from lovesickness. [from 14th c.]
- lust (intransitive, usually in the phrase lust after) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
- pine (intransitive) To long, to yearn so much that it causes suffering.
- yearn (intransitive, also, figuratively) To have a strong desire for something or to do something; to long for or to do something.
- yen (transitive) To have a strong desire for.