craving
noun
- psychological urge to readminister drug during withdrawal
- a powerful desire for something
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.
- A strong desire; yearning.
“[W]e contrived to satisfy the cravings of thirst by suffering the shirts to become saturated, and then wringing them so as to let the grateful fluid trickle into our mouths.”
“The craving for cuteness is a psychological phenomenon that originally had the purpose of increasing the chances of a baby to survive […]”
verb
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
- present participle and gerund of crave