Thesaurus results for SALIVATING

salivating

verb

present participle of salivate

as in drooling

to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth the dog salivated at the sight of the raw meat

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Recent Examples of salivating It’s been two weeks since the Horned Frogs were upset 15-10 by North Carolina in Dublin, and the program has been salivating for a chance to get back on the field and put that result behind it. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Sep. 2026 And that has many in the compounding and telehealth industries salivating—and preparing—for the possibility. — Amy Feldman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026 But that isn’t stopping Wall Street from salivating about what comes next. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 29 June 2026 For a quick refresher, Pavlov found that if dogs were repeatedly given food while a bell rang, the dogs eventually began salivating at the mere sound of the bell because their brains associated the sound with food. — Sharon Brandwein, USA Today, 27 June 2026 Rivian fans have been salivating over the R3X since it was first teased earlier that year. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 11 June 2026 These flourishes, recalling New York’s Jazz Age flamboyance, give the vast interior its fizz — and will inevitably have value engineers salivating to trim, slice, and simplify. — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 June 2026 The edit basically shows all the men repeatedly salivating over Heidi, Jenna, and Shawna. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 May 2026 Democrats are salivating at the prospect of a gloves-off runoff race. — Nik Popli, Time, 18 May 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for salivating

drooling

Verb

All three judges are basically drooling over how much pure quickstep content is in this routine despite some framework issues and the mistake at the end.

— Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2026
Toward the end of the film, that kid is grown up and stuck in an incestuous relationship with his mother, while a nearly incapacitated Dau sits drooling nearby.

— Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2026