Craving and Wish

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Craving noun - A strong wish for something.

Usage example: a pregnant woman with a craving for pickles

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Wish is a synonym for craving in desire topic. In some cases you can use "Wish" instead a noun "Craving", when it comes to topics like longing.

Nearby Word: craved

Wish noun - An expression of some desire or inclination.

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Craving is a synonym for wish in desire topic. You can use "Craving" instead a noun "Wish".

Nearby Words: wished, wishful, wishing, wishfully, wisher

special	special craving	special wish
similar	similar craving	similar wish
strong	strong craving	strong wish
real	real craving	real wish
Other adjectives: little, bad, desperate, additional.

For example, in season one of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Buffy breaks up with a guy because his craving for excitement/death wish would probably get him killed if he kept hanging around Buffy.

Source: It's Not You, It's Me
Metal Gear fans think Splinter Cell fans are boring, wish-fulfilment-craving thirteen-year-old boys who like to look ultra-serious all the time, have no sense of humour, and aren't smart enough to understand a complex, involved and challenging story.

Source: Fandom Rivalry / Video Games
Comments: Etherati takes a really cracky concept and takes it to tonally-perfect, deconstructive heights that make you wish jealously that you'd thought of such a brilliant explanation for flesh-craving hordes of the undead.

Source: Fanfic Recs / Watchmen

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