1) Ached 2) Aspired 3) Longed 4) Pined 1) Deeply desired 2) Desired greatly 3) Did some wishful thinking 4) Engaged in wishful thinking 5) Had a hankering 6) Had a yen 7) Had cravings 8) Had desires 9) Had longings 10) Had quite an itch 11) Hankered 12) Long in the past 13) Longed 14) Longed for 15) Pined 16) Thirsted 17) Wanted badly 18) Was filled with longing 
• (imp. & p. p.) of Yearn