hanker after

hanker after someone or something

and hanker for someone or something

Rur. to want someone or something; to long for someone or something. I hanker after a nice big beefsteak for dinner.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Tamika	tə-MEE-kə	English
Allissa	ə-LIS-ə	English (Rare)
Partha	-	Hinduism, Bengali, Indian, Assamese
Iakovu	-	Old Church Slavic
Marcell	-	Hungarian, German
Perseus	PUR-see-əs (English)	Greek Mythology