Meaning of CRAVING
| Pronunciation: | | 'kreyving
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| | Definition: | | [n] an intense desire for some particular thing |
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| | See Also: | | addiction, appetence, appetency, appetite, desire | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Crav"ing\ (-?ng), n.
Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
A succession of cravings and satiety. --L'Estrange.
-- {Crav"ing*ly}, adv. -- {Crav"ing*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | a habit, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, an universal wolf, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, athirst, barbiturate addiction, barbiturism, chain smoking, chronic alcoholism, cocainism, consumed with desire, coveting, crash, dependence, devoured by desire, dipsomania, drug addiction, drug culture, drug dependence, fervid, habituation, hunger, hungering, hungry, itch, itching, lust, mad with lust, mania, nicotine addiction, passion, physical dependence, prurience, pruriency, prurient, psychological dependence, sexual desire, thirst, thirsting, thirsty, tolerance, urge, withdrawal sickness, withdrawal symptoms |
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