hankering 1 of 2

noun

Definition of hankeringnext
as in craving
a strong wish for something I've had a hankering for pizza with anchovies all afternoon

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hankering

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adjective

as in longing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hankering
  1. craving
  2. urge
  3. ambitious
  4. desire
  5. covetous
  6. longing
  7. obsessed
  8. thirst
Noun
  • If the brisk ten-episode season, which wrapped up this week, isn’t enough to feed your cravings, here are the books to carry you all the way through a happy and horrifying fall.
    Mikaella Clements & Onjuli Datta, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Don't worry this hearty stew packed with ground beef, tomatoes, onion, potatoes, and veggies, then topped with hamburger bun croutons will curb your hamburger craving.
    Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2024
Definition of craving
Noun
  • Resist the urge to use something sharp or abrasive, as that could damage the mesh.
    Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
  • At this point, resisting the urge to rotate, the superfluid suddenly spawns a single quantum vortex — a whorl of atoms surrounding a column of nothingness that extends to the bottom of the bucket.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of urge
Adjective
  • The outcome of the local transportation referendum could set the stage for decades of ambitious government projects.
    Adam Tamburin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Without more ambitious commitments by the Global North and a dedicated mechanism to mobilize resources, developing nations in the Global South face an uphill battle to finance conservation and restoration projects.
    David Carlin, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of ambitious
Noun
  • History shows us what can happen when the desire for political control meets the vulnerability of immigrant communities.
    Josh Becker, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Have both deceived themselves about their ambitions, their desires, their essential natures?
    Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
Definition of desire
Adjective
  • Though covetous of certain products, trends surrounding brands are often a flash in the pan, according to Casey Lewis, Gen Z consumer analyst and author of the viral After School newsletter.
    BYSasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2024
  • All regard Cuba with the covetous memories of former lovers—longing mingled with knowledge of the island’s practical side, its transactionalism.
    Jon Lee Anderson, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
Definition of covetous
Noun
  • Her longing was only exacerbated when sandwich chain Jimmy John's announced the launch of its new Picklewich.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 1 Nov. 2024
  • There’s a lot of longing, there’s a lot of sorrow in the book.
    James Factora, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of longing
Adjective
  • Authorities framed the killings as the work of a jealous and enraged lover who became obsessed with Maria Tran while the two had an affair in the months leading up to the shooting.
    Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 12 Nov. 2024
  • For so long, the art world has been quite conservative and obsessed in its categorization: an art fair has to look like this, a gallery has to be run like that.
    Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of obsessed
Noun
  • Or maybe your thirst for wine knowledge rivals your thirst for wine.
    Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 2 Nov. 2024
  • For all my thirst for ghost stories as a kid, the ghost-hunting fad that came later never really captured my imagination in the same way.
    Elizabeth Friend, Longreads, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of thirst
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“Hankering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hankering. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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