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jonesing

2 9.9

A strong wish to have something you enjoy

noun
/ˈdʒoʊn.zɪŋ/

Slang

: antojo

Whenever I see delicious desserts, I start jonesing for sweets.

Examples

She is jonesing for a vacation after working hard all year.
I mean I wasn't Jonesing for the Fusion Energi one bit until that phone call, and suddenly I found myself wondering, "How much gas would I burn in a Fusion Energi?"

Blog text (17)
Every so often I get to jonesing for a good infographic.

Blog text (11)
There's some poor couple somewhere finding it an impossible chore to empty their house of guests, dinner addicts writhing around jonesing for the next feed.

Blog text (33)
I'M STILL JONESING FOR A LITTLE MORE OSMOSIS.

Osmosis Jones (2001)
After an hour of studying, I was really jonesing for a snack.

Synonyms

desire

vsjonesing

∞ 1.6

A strong wish to have or experience something

is informal and implies a stronger, more urgent craving than that term

craving

vsjonesing

78 3.7

A very strong desire for things like food or cigarettes

is informal slang and often emphasizes urgent short term wanting

hankering

vsjonesing

11 6.6

A strong wish to have or do something

is informal and indicates an urgent, intense craving

yen

vsjonesing

5 7.5

A strong desire for something

is informal slang that stresses urgent, intense wanting

jones

vsjonesing

Slang

9.3

A strong desire for something you want a lot, like food or an activity

is informal but denotes intense craving without always implying addictive dependence

hungriness

vsjonesing

5.9

A strong desire to get or achieve something

is slang and focuses on immediate craving rather than metaphorical hunger

appetency

vsjonesing

9.9

A strong wish to have or try something

is informal slang and carries more everyday urgency than this formal term

appetence

vsjonesing

9.9

A strong desire to have or do something

is slang and tends to feel more urgent and immediate than that wording

appetition

vsjonesing

Archaic

9.9

A strong wish to have or achieve something

is informal and refers to immediate everyday craving rather than abstract desire

thirstiness

vsjonesing

3.5

A strong desire for things like knowledge or success

is informal and usually applies to urgent physical or casual wants instead

insatiable thirst

vsjonesing

7.0

A very strong wish for more that cannot be satisfied

is informal and lacks the unending, never-satisfied quality of that phrase

Antonyms

indifference

71 4.6

Lack of interest or concern about something

How Strong

addiction

289 4.1

compulsion

40 6.7

jonesing

Slang

2 9.9

craving

78 3.7

desire

∞ 1.6

Surface Forms

jonesing singular

jonesings plural

Morphology

jonesing = jones (opaque) = jones + ing

The form is built from the slang verb 'jones' plus -ing, but the craving meaning is conventional and not predictable from the component meanings.

Etymology

Jonesing comes from an old American slang idea 'to have a Jones', where Jones is a common last name. People first used it to mean a strong need for drugs, so today jonesing means a 'strong craving' for anything.