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craving

[krey-ving]

noun

  1. great or eager desire; yearning.



craving

/ ˈɪɪŋ /

noun

  1. an intense desire or longing

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • cravingly adverb
  • cravingness noun
  • uncraving adjective
  • uncravingly adverb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of craving1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; crave, -ing 1
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Synonym Study

See desire.
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Let’s be honest: when you’re craving something to eat, it’s usually not a salad or a green smoothie.

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Voters are craving "new ideas and new energy to get Congress to actually work again," he told a local news outlet, the Bay Area Reporter, in April.

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Mr Caldwell said since undergoing six months of rehabilitation, "I don't wake up with cravings now and I am getting physically more and more fit".

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For me, it’s about training those muscles around habits and cravings.

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For the right-wing man of our time, the craving is more for an attack dog, someone who will charge in to fight your battles, unconstrained by intellectual concerns about whether doing so makes sense.

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