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Another word for craving

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Noun

  1. A strong wanting of what promises enjoyment or pleasure

    See also:

    desire

© Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Another word for craving

Noun
  1. See also:

    desire

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Sentence Examples

  • I have a big craving for sweets.

  • In the fourth week, I had an intense craving for salt.

  • The craving for a cigarette often goes away in less than a week.

  • The demand for union was succeeded by a craving for independence.

  • It made no sense, but neither did the sudden craving for peanut butter that dragged her to the kitchen, where yet another man she wanted to avoid was lounging.

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