What does craving mean?
Definitions for craving
ˈkreɪ vɪŋcrav·ing
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Princeton's WordNet
cravingnoun
an intense desire for some particular thing
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craving
Craving is a strong desire or urge to have something, which can range from food or a specific substance to a non-physical need such as affection or accomplishment. It often implies an intense, sometimes uncontrollable, longing that may stem from physical need, emotional imbalance, addiction, or habit.
Webster Dictionary
Craving
of Crave
Cravingnoun
vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching
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CRAVING
Craving is Japanese singer songwriter Fayray's first studio, released on May 26, 1999. The album was produced by Daisuke Asakura.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of craving in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of craving in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of craving in a Sentence
I was going to therapists and reading tomes about psychology and PTSD and ways to get through it. But I was craving something I could just sit down and watch.
Benevolence alone will not make a teacher, nor will learning alone do it. The gift of teaching is a peculiar talent, and implies a need and a craving in the teacher himself.
Always when I see a man fond of praise I always think it is because he is an affectionate man craving for affection.
Teaching is an instinctual art, mindful of potential, craving of realizations, a pausing, seamless process.
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.
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- حنينArabic
- жажда, стремежBulgarian
- ànsiaCatalan, Valencian
- choutkyCzech
- Sehnsucht, BegierdeGerman
- δίψα, λαχτάρα, πόθοςGreek
- ansiaSpanish
- آرزوPersian
- jano, hinku, tarve, haluFinnish
- envieFrench
- bramaItalian
- 渇望, 熱望, 切望Japanese
- sofreguidão, anelo, ânsiaPortuguese
- poftă, râvnă, sete, ardoareRomanian
- жажда, пристрастие, влечение, стремление, тягаRussian
- längtan, begärSwedish
- ozlemTurkish
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