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craving Definition

crav·ing (krāviŋ)

noun

an intense and prolonged desire; yearning or appetite, as for affection or a food or drug

craving Synonyms

craving

n.

craving Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • gratify: And that influence is us, verse 3, " gratifying the cravings of our sinful nature and following its desires and thoughts.
  • satisfy: The reinforcement of satisfying the craving will be absent or reduced, helping the smoker to break the habit.
  • curb: But what can you do to curb those cravings?
  • relieve: Over a period of 3 months you should use the gum to relieve the cravings to smoke.
  • overcome: Hypnosis - Hypnosis has also been used to help overcome nicotine cravings.

Preposition: for

  • nicotine: Treat yourself The physical craving for nicotine will pass off quite quickly.
  • cigarette: The physical craving for a cigarette often goes in less than a week.
  • carbohydrate: This often goes hand in hand with intensive cravings for carbohydrates that can lead to weight gain.
  • cocaine: Currently, there is no medication that addresses the strong cravings for cocaine that an addicted individual experiences.
  • sweet: Yep, studies show working up a sweat could lower your craving for sweets.

Adjective modifier

  • insatiable: His hunger becomes an insatiable craving: the more he eats, the more he wants, and the stronger he becomes.
  • addictive: Effective for: Anger, fear, grief, addictive craving, in fact can be tried for any emotional disorder.
  • intense: In the fourth week, I had an intense craving for salt.

Modifies a noun

  • designation: Newsies craving designation learn that there the timing of.

Noun used with modifier

  • newsy: Newsies craving designation learn that there the timing of.
  • nicotine: There are many ways to help control your nicotine cravings.
  • carbohydrate: There is currently no recognized treatment for carbohydrate cravings.
  • carb: Subjects who took the CP supplement reported an overall drop in their carb cravings compared to the placebo group.
  • sugar: What can I do to overcome my constant sugar cravings?
  • cigarette: These, combined with cigarette cravings, are why it is difficult for some people to give up smoking.
craving Quotes

All perfect republics are a perfect nonsense.The craving to risk death is our last great perversion.We come from night, we go into night.Why live in night?

—Fowles,John Robert

Men are but children of a larger growth; Our appetites as apt to change as theirs, And full as craving too, and full as vain.

—Dryden,John

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