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craving [krey-ving] Example Sentences
Main Entry:
crave [kreyv]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: desire intensely
Synonyms: ache for, covet, cry out for, die for, dream, eat one's heart out, fancy, give eyeteeth for, hunger for, itch for, long for, lust after, need, pine for, require, sigh for, spoil for, suspire, thirst for, want, yearn for, yen for
Antonyms: abjure, dislike, hate, not want, spurn
Main Entry: craving
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strong desire
Synonyms: appetite, appetition, hankering, hunger, hurting, itch, longing, lust, munchies, need, passion, thirst, urge, yearning, yen*
Antonyms: dislike, distaste, hate, indifference
Main Entry: addiction
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: a habit of activity, often injurious
Synonyms: bag*, bent, craving, dependence, enslavement, fixation, hang-up, hook, inclination, jones, kick*, monkey on back, monkey*, obsession, shot*, sweet tooth, thing*
Notes: addiction is mainly physical while dependency is mostly psychological
Example Sentences
  • The new research tells us that our vulnerability to a craving for chocolate is at opposite ends of the spectrum.
  • No wonder audiences emerge from his welling operas bushed and craving a smoke.
  • Their reception reflects a rarely satisfied national craving for sporting success.
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Main Entry: ambition
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: strong desire for success
Synonyms: appetite, ardor, aspiration, avidity, craving, desire, drive, eagerness, earnestness, emulation, energy, enterprise, enthusiasm, fire in belly, get up and go, hankering*, hope, hunger, initiative, itch, keenness, longing, love, lust, moxie*, passion, pretension, push, right stuff, spirit, striving, thirst, vigor, yearning, zeal
Antonyms: apathy, contentment, diffidence, humility, indifference, laziness, satisfaction
Main Entry: appeal
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: address, adjure, advance, apply, ask, beg, beseech, bid, call, call upon, claim, contest, crave, demand, entreat, hit on, implore, importune, petition, plead, pray, propose, proposition, question, refer, require, resort to, solicit, strike, submit, sue, supplicate, urge
Antonyms: deny, disclaim, recall, refuse, renounce, retract, revoke
Main Entry: appetite
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: desire for food, worldly goods
Synonyms: appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, craving, demand, fondness, gluttony, greed, hankering, hunger, inclination, itch, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ravenousness, relish, soft spot, stomach, sweet tooth, taste, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, yearning, yen, zeal, zest
Antonyms: antipathy, aversion, disgust, dislike, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repulsion, revulsion
Main Entry: ask
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: request
Synonyms: angle, appeal, apply, beg, beseech, bite*, bum*, call for, charge, claim, command, contend for, crave, demand, entreat, file for, hit*, hustle*, implore, impose, knock*, levy, mooch, order, petition, plead, pray, promote*, request, requisition, seek, solicit, sue, supplicate, touch*, urge
Antonyms: answer, claim, command, insist, tell
Main Entry: aspiration
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: goal, hope
Synonyms: aim, ambition, ambitiousness, craving, desire, direction, dream, eagerness, endeavor, fire in the belly, hankering, inclination, longing, object, objective, passion, pursuit, push, right stuff, urge, vocation, wish, work, yearning
Main Entry: aspire
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: aim, hope
Synonyms: be ambitious, be eager, crave, desire, dream, hanker, long, pursue, seek, strive, struggle, try, want, wish, yearn
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