crave
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source: Shinobu Oshino // Monogatari Series | Anime Amino
/icons/point.icon DESIRE, WISH, WANT, CRAVE, COVET mean to have a longing for.
DESIRE stresses the strength of feeling and often implies strong intention or aim.
e.g. desires to start a new life
WISH sometimes implies a general or transient longing especially for the unattainable.
e.g. wishes for permanent world peace
WANT specifically suggests a felt need or lack.
e.g. wants to have a family
CRAVE stresses the force of physical appetite or emotional need.
e.g. craves sweets
COVET implies strong envious desire.
e.g. covets his rise to fame
verb with object
feel a powerful desire for (something):
〈食べ物･成功など〉を切望する, …が欲しくてたまらない; 〖～ to do〗 しきりに…したがる
e.g. a program to give the infants the human touch they crave.
archaic beg for (something):
｟かたく･古｠ 〈物など〉を懇願する.
e.g. I must crave your indulgence.
DERIVATIVES
craver noun
ORIGIN
Old English crafian (in the sense ‘demand, claim as a right’), of Germanic origin; related to Swedish kräva, Danish kræve ‘demand’. The current sense dates from late Middle English.