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appetite
[ ap-i-tahyt ]
noun
- a desire for food or drink:
I have no appetite for lunch today.
Synonyms: thirst, hunger, longing
Antonyms: satiety
- a desire to satisfy any bodily need or craving.
Synonyms: wish, inclination, hunger, longing
Antonyms: satiety
- a desire or liking for something; fondness; taste:
an appetite for power; an appetite for pleasure.
Synonyms: zest, gusto, relish, thirst, hunger, longing
Antonyms: satiety
appetite
/ əˈpɛtɪtɪv; ˈæpɪˌtaɪtɪv; ˈæpɪˌtaɪt /
noun
- a desire for food or drink
- a desire to satisfy a bodily craving, as for sexual pleasure
- usually foll by for a desire, liking, or willingness
a great appetite for work
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Derived Forms
- appetitive, adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of appetite1
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Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
To whet your appetite, you can relive that glorious moment (and watch other programs from the 2014 summit) here.
In “Cartoons and Cereal,” he sings, “Reminisce when I had the morning appetite/ Apple Jacks, had nothing that I hit the TV Guide.”
At the time of the flight she had “regained her appetite” and was able to walk with assistance as well.
In addition to headaches and restlessness, she had lost her appetite and a lot of weight.
It was also her open sexual appetite, which Cooke brings up in section after section of the book.
And having an enormous appetite he was fortunate in being expert at finding angleworms.
Then a nervous, anxious feeling that takes away my appetite, and prevents me from eating my dinner.
Of this meal all heartily partook, for a Korean is never guilty of having a poor appetite.
Supper being endedit may be easily conceived that Oliver had no great appetite for itMr.
I gave the most willing consent; a ride of thirty miles had given me the appetite of a hunter.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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