Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A consuming desire; a yearning.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Vehement or urgent desire or longing; appetite; yearning.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an intense desire for some particular thing
Etymologies
- From crave. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The nervous system degenerates, and the consequence of this degeneracy is the production of that form of irritation within the system which we call the craving for drink, and which requires alcohol for its immediate satisfaction.”
“If your craving is too great, which venue you choose might well depend on your relative tolerance for fat in general and saturated fat in particular.”
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“It's now Republicans who stand to benefit from an electorate that's again craving change.”
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“Then, after that moment's craving is satisfied, the remaining glut wastes away ... for days, weeks and sadly sometimes years.”
“If your chocolate craving is getting to you, try diet hot-chocolate packets.”
“My LOST craving is outrageous even while watching LOST - LOL.”
“They make the perfect dessert for parties or birthdays or even if you're just plain craving for them.”
“At least your forbidden craving is classy (b/c hot dogs are never classy - even when disguised as cocktail weiners).”
“Sopapillas are my main craving, and I eat them savory (stuffed w/refried beans & smothered in green chile), or sweet.”
“A new carb-burning diet enzyme is all the rage until test subjects begin craving red meat and will stop at nothing to get it!”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘craving’.
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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some-ing
king, offering, blessing, coping, earnings, trappings, breeding, during, offing, refreshing, sitting, outing and 208 more...
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GCI
spinster, maiden, happy-go-lucky, homonym, ill-at-ease, saw red, out of sorts, hot under the collar, taken aback, pen-names, alias, shoelaces and 378 more...
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chefjulianin's Words
high, ice, recipe, bear, bare, lady, food, identity, sudden, spooky, away, cook and 142 more...
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my dictionary
able, abnormally, abroad, absent, abstract, acceptable, acceptance, access, accessible, accession, according to, account and 4551 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o..., abject,utterly ho... and 2228 more...
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A list
clench, shudder, clamp, twisting, sharply, thrusting, crashing, pulsing, curling, thrumming, rippling, wrench and 94 more...
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Pregnant with Possibilities (Includin...
For double the fun, see also Congenital Conditions.
obstetrics, obstetrician, neonatology, neonatologist, isolette, postpartum, prepartum, puerperal fever, induce, pregnancy, episiotomy, meconium and 324 more...
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SAT
alleviate,to lighten, altercation,a qua..., amicable,friendly, ambiguous,vague, put something to ..., unclear, adaptation,A comp..., albatross,a signi..., indifferent, cordial nature, to mitigate, affinity,a natura... and 2229 more...
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Probe~ation
An obnoxious and ridiculous madlib list where verbish '-ing' words fill in the blank wherein the blank is a call for a beating.
For example:
"You're ________in' for a brus...searching, looking, hunting, seeking, questing, exploring, asking, inquiring, snooping, poking, probing, scouting and 262 more...
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_mark's list
Words I like!
( personal list, favorite words, randomness )psy, nanobot, success, smack, vibration, microcosmic, springgraph, marksmanship, estranged, homoerotic, flex, fiasco and 1696 more...
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Other
brouhaha, pulchritude, laudanum, orotund, leviathan, inimical, ephemeral, quiescence, exhort, nemoral, inculcate, cacotopia and 125 more...
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My Personnal Words List on WordNik
Eloquence, dismay, abolish, Procrastination, hallowed, Audacity, provision, flue gas, perceive, aprodith, cult, mischief and 136 more...
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C this list?
charisma, character, caricature, coven, compliment, choice, collection, cricket, creation, crown, caboodle, camera and 52 more...
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wish
wish, want, need, desire, inclination, urge, impulse, motive, goal, instinct, objective, will and 5 more...
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SAT
abandon,extreme e..., dispensing of all..., abash,to humiliate, abate,to lessen, abbreviate,to sho..., abridge, abdicate,to forma..., aberration,depart..., abnormality, abet,to encourage, abhor,to hate, abide,to follow o... and 2229 more...
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GHibbs My adjectival use: 'When she gets craving pains she ...' Aug 22, 2011