Verb:

उत्कंठा करना, लालसा करना, लालायित होना,

hankered's Usage Examples:

A Glasgow professor, the Rev. Mr Simson, was attacked for Arminianism and Socinianism as early as 1717; and the battle raged between the more severe Presbyterians - who still hankered after the Covenant, approved of an old work The Marrow of Modern Divinity (1646), and were especially convinced that preachers must be elected by the people - and the Moderates, who saw that the Covenant was an anachronism, thought conduct more important than Calvinistic convictions, and supported in the General Assembly the candidates selected by patrons, as against those chosen by the popular voice.

An opportunity I, like so many graduates hankered after for career and learning opportunities, to attain skills and be given responsibilities?

hankered after a career in the Navy and now was his opportunity.

Synonyms:

want, desire, yen, ache, languish, yearn, long, pine,

Antonyms:

scarce, unmindful, unretentive, improvident, short,