crave

crave · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    To feel a powerful desire for something.

  2. 2.

    To long for something intensely.

  3. 3.

    (Formal, dated) To ask for earnestly; to beg.

Related words

Antonyms: despise, loathe, reject
See also: craving, desire, want, yearn
Synonyms: desire, hunger for, long for, want, yearn

Etymology

From Old English "crafian" meaning to demand, claim, or beg, from Proto-Germanic "*krabjaną." The meaning shifted from demanding to desiring intensely.