Meaning & use
Craved
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Felt an intense, urgent desire for something.
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After weeks of travel, she craved a home-cooked meal.
The toddler craved attention and cried whenever he was ignored.
A note on using this word
Craved is the past tense of 'crave,' a verb rooted in Old English 'crafian,' meaning to ask or demand; the sense has softened over time from a formal request to an internal longing.
Words with a similar meaning
longed foryearned for
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Words with an opposite meaning
shunnedrejected
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