Synonyms for craving
ˈkreɪ vɪŋcraving

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1. craving

   Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love, hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least, mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.

   Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Synonyms:
   appetency, appetite, desire, disposition, impulse, inclination, liking, longing, lust, passion, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, thirst, zest

   Antonyms:
   antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repugnance, repulsion

   Preposition:
   He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.

Princeton's WordNet

1. cravingnoun

   an intense desire for some particular thing

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1. • Desire

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1. cravingnoun

   Synonyms:
   longing, itching, strong desire

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1. cravingnoun

   Synonyms:
   longing, yearning, hankering, hungering, entreaty, supplication

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1. List of paraphrases for "craving":

   thirsty, envy, thirst

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How to use craving in a sentence?

1. Thomas Mann, Death in Venice:

   For one human being instinctively feels respect and love for another human being so long as he does not know him well enough to judge him; and that he does not, the craving he feels is evidence.

2. Glenn Sparks:

   They may have a very low arousal set point, so they're constantly craving experiences that elevate that arousal and flood the system with adrenaline.

3. Julie Rish:

   Keeping a positive environment makes it harder to make an unhealthy choice and it also helps you to delay a response to the craving, those cravings peak over 15 to 20 minutes and if you can just delay them and distract yourself for that long the cravings start to come down on their own.

4. Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky:

   So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and so painfully as to find something to worship...What is essential is that all may be together in it. The craving for community worship is the chief misery of...all humanity. For the sake of common worship they've slain each other with the sword.

5. J. B. Yeats:

   Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection.