food craving
Sudden hunger pang
A food craving is an intense desire for a specific food—not just hunger, but a focused want for something particular: I've had a craving for pizza all week.
Cravings often target sweet, salty, or fatty foods and are commonly associated with pregnancy, stress, or emotional states.
To crave something is to experience this urgent wanting.
- hungerNeed for nourishment
- appetiteDesire for food
- snackLight between-meal fare
- late night snackFood eaten before bed
- indulgenceYielding to desire
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- hungerhunger, hungry, starving, starvation, famished
- Hunger-Relatedeating, appetite, stomach growling, hunger pains, starvation
- cravingshunger, appetite, thirst, desire, wanting
- appetite regulationappetite, hunger, thirst, satiety, fullness
food cravingfood aversion
Rejection of specific edibles
loss of appetite · nausea · anorexia · appetite suppression · appetite loss
food cravingsatiation
State of complete fulfillment
satiety · appetite suppression · anorexia · fullness · satisfaction
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