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Antonyms for crave
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English Synonyms and Antonyms3.0 / 2 votes

  1. crave

    One asks what he feels that he may fairly claim and reasonably expect; "if a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father," Luke xi, 11; he begs for that to which he advances no claim but pity. Demand is a determined and often an arrogant word; one may rightfully demand what is his own or his due, when it is withheld or denied; or he may wrongfully demand that to which he has no claim but power. Require is less arrogant and obtrusive than demand, but is exceedingly strenuous; as, the court requires the attendance of witnesses. Entreat implies a special earnestness of asking, and beseech, a still added and more humble intensity; beseech was formerly often used as a polite intensive for beg or pray; as, I beseech you to tell me. To implore is to ask with weeping and lamentation; to supplicate is to ask, as it were, on bended knees. Crave and request are somewhat formal terms; crave has almost disappeared from conversation; request would seem distant between parent and child. Pray is now used chiefly of address to the Supreme Being; petition is used of written request to persons in authority; as, to petition the legislature to pass an act, or the governor to pardon an offender.

    Antonyms:
    claim, command, deny, enforce, exact, extort, insist, refuse, reject

    Synonyms:
    ask, beg, beseech, demand, entreat, implore, petition, pray, request, require, solicit, supplicate

    Preposition:
    Ask a person for a thing; ask a thing of or from a person; ask after or about one's health, welfare, friends, etc.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms2.7 / 3 votes

  1. crave

    Antonyms:
    demand, insist, require, seize

    Synonyms:
    intreat, implore, beg, ask, beseech, supplicate, cry

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Princeton's WordNet3.3 / 4 votes

  1. crave, hunger, thirst, starve, lustverb

    have a craving, appetite, or great desire for

    Synonyms:
    lust, hunger, thirst, famish, starve

  2. craveverb

    plead or ask for earnestly

    Synonyms:
    lust, hunger, thirst, starve

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. craveverb

    Synonyms:
    long for, yearn for, hanker after, beseech, entreat, implore

How to use crave in a sentence?

  1. The Guardian newspaper:

    It will please the Madchester faithful, who don’t require a fresh take on what these musicians are about, but for those who crave the magic of the band at their peak, the wait goes on.

  2. Marcus Aurelius, Meditations – Book Three:

    One whose chief regard is for his own mind, and for the divinity within him and the service of its goodness, will strike no poses, utter no complaints, and crave neither for solitude nor yet for a crowd. Best of all, his life will be free from continual pursuing and avoiding.

  3. Lisa Haisha:

    Here’s a little secret: ironically, people with dominant Seductor Imposters might seem to crave intimacy—they certainly draw people into their orbit with the promise of it—but what actually animates them behind the scenes is fear of it.

  4. Christen Kuikoua:

    Lust is perplexing; in one moment, you crave everything, and in the next, you question why you desired what captivated you just a minute before.

  5. Lana Wachowski:

    The summer is built around familiarity, many cultural critics who shape awareness for films are obsessed with sequels and derivative material. They wildly crave it. That kind of environment is hostile to originality. It only makes space for derivative material and rejects originality. I think Warner Bros. was uncomfortable with that environment.

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#18031seize
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