hankered after (verb) hanker after/hanker for: desire strongly
Sinonime: acme, apogee, climax, crest,
crown, culmination, cusp, greatest, height, max,
maximum, meridian, most*, ne plus ultra, peak, pinnacle,
point,
roof, spire, sublimity, summit,
tip, tops, up there, vertex, zenith
Antonime: nadir