as in desire
a strong wish for something
a pregnant woman with a craving for pickles
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as in jonesing
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as in wanting
to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy
craves ice cream at all hours of the day
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Recent Examples of craving
Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2025
To top it off, Venus in Aries is sizzling through your sultry eighth house of intimacy — your craving passion, intensity and soul-to-soul connections.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Wendy Wisner, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
This is for all the introverts out there who might be craving cozy, comfy vibes but still want to go out.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
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Noun
This dopamine boost can lead to a cycling effect, where eating highly palatable foods leads to more cravings for those same non-nutritious foods.
—Allison Futterman, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2025
To top it off, Venus in Aries is sizzling through your sultry eighth house of intimacy — your craving passion, intensity and soul-to-soul connections.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Verb
Many people report craving desserts and high-carb foods before and during their periods.
—Wendy Wisner, Health, 22 Dec. 2024
This is for all the introverts out there who might be craving cozy, comfy vibes but still want to go out.
—Linh Ta, Axios, 20 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for craving
Noun
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But if his desire to return to the PGA Tour is as strong as Couples intimated, golf fans may well see him every week once again.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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As Jaclyn tries to encourage (mock?) divorcee Laurie into having a fling at the resort with one of the staff members, Laurie is visibly torn between indulging her own desires and proving her friends’ pity to be misplaced.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The earworm record provokes a sense of longing, one that is uplifting, cathartic and beautiful.—
Lisa Kocay,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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If the famous pistol scene feels a bit anticlimactic, the end of the play distills a shattering feeling of longing for something long lost.—
Karen D'Souza,
The Mercury News,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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And then on top of that, most people are addicted to social media, so you're constantly getting inundated with the worst f***ing things in the world all day long.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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And in many instances, young users have gotten addicted to and become emotionally reliant on the technology, resulting in a string of lawsuits.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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So my first piece of advice to young designers is to have that thirst to understand the business as a whole.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
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Soon after, my thirst for adventure grew, and my job provided me with opportunities to explore chilly waters around the world, turning it into my personal mission to tackle as many cold water swims as possible.—
Alexandra Pereira,
Travel + Leisure,
24 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But when Fernando has his own ideas, she’s sufficiently hooked to go with the flow.—
David Rooney,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Most of our current multipart extravaganzas give us the standard three acts before dropping in a cliffhanger ending to keep us hooked.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Many have shared their successes, cutting from clips of them consuming grapes, to shots of them enjoying a great year.—
George Monastiriakos,
Newsweek,
31 Dec. 2024
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For now, however, the locker room is enjoying the feeling of winning for the first time in more than 10 weeks.—
Charlotte Carroll,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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But even if your last wet T-shirt contest is safely in the rearview mirror, there’s still the urge to shake off winter and welcome the sunshine.—
Jessica Iredale,
airmail.news,
12 Mar. 2025
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Often, the urge to control how things unfold leads to frustration, impulsive decisions and unnecessary stress.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Bloys was clear, however, that WBD wasn’t entirely dependent on Rowling for the project.—
Dessi Gomez,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2025
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The launch date is dependent on spacecraft traffic to the ISS and in-orbit activity planning and constraints that have to be coordinated with NASA.—
Richard Tribou,
Orlando Sentinel,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Craving.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/craving. Accessed 15 Mar. 2025.
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