crave

Meaning

1. To desire strongly, so as to satisfy an appetite; to long or yearn for.
2. To ask for earnestly; to beg; to claim.
3. (obsolete) To call for; to require as a course of action.

desire

yearn

wish for

lust for

lust after

yearn for

importune for

pray for

beg for

crave for

sue for

thirst after

thirst for

beseech for

implore for

in love

❤️

hope for

be lustful

feel a sexual desire

desire earnestly

be famished

have strong sexual desire

be starving

want exceedingly

desire eagerly

hanker for

be in heat

pine for

want greatly

eadge

be sexually aroused

be eager for

deeply desire

hunger for

be ambitious

solicit

sponge

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Frequency

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kɹeɪv/

From Middle English craven, from Old English crafian (“to crave, ask, implore, demand, summon”), from Proto-West Germanic *krafōn, from Proto-Germanic *krafjaną (“to demand”). Cognate with Danish kræve (“to demand, require”), Swedish kräva (“to crave, demand”), Icelandic krefja (“to demand”), Norwegian kreve (“to demand”).

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