1. craving - Noun
2. craving - Verb
of Crave
Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. William James
The very desire for guarantees that our values are eternal and secure in some objective heaven is perhaps only a craving for the certainties of childhood or the absolute values of our primitive past. Isaiah Berlin
It was the craving to be a one and only people which impelled the ancient Hebrews to invent a one and only God whose one and only people they were to be. Eric Hoffer
The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity. Benjamin Disraeli
The mother keeps on caring for her daughter while the daughter keeps on craving for her husband. Kashmir Proverb
Riches too increase, and the maddening craving for gold, So that men ever seek for more, that they may have the most. Latin Proverb