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appetite

(æpɪtaɪt)
Word forms: plural appetites
1. variable noun
Your appetite is your desire to eat.
He has a healthy appetite.
Symptoms are a slight fever, headache and loss of appetite.
Synonyms: hunger, taste, palate, voracity More Synonyms of appetite
2. countable noun
Someone's appetite for something is their strong desire for it.
...his appetite for success.
...Americans' growing appetite for scandal.
She gave him just enough information to whet his appetite.
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appetite in British English

(ˈæpɪˌtaɪt)
noun
1. 
a desire for food or drink
2. 
a desire to satisfy a bodily craving, as for sexual pleasure
3. (usually foll by for)
a desire, liking, or willingness
a great appetite for work
Derived forms
appetitive (əˈpɛtɪtɪv, ˈæpɪˌtaɪtɪv)
adjective
Word origin
C14: from Old French apetit, from Latin appetītus a craving, from appetere to desire ardently

appetite in American English

(ˈæpəˌtaɪt)
noun
1. 
a desire to satisfy some craving of the body; specif., a desire for food, or, sometimes, a desire for some specific food
2. 
any strong desire or craving
an appetite for knowledge
Derived forms
appetitive (ˈappeˌtitive) (ˈæpəˌtaɪtɪv)
adjective
Word origin
OFr apetit < L appetitus, eager desire for < appetere, to strive after < ad-, to + petere, desire: see feather

More idioms containing
appetite

whet someone's appetite

COBUILD Collocations
appetite

healthy appetite
insatiable appetite

Examples of 'appetite' in a sentence
appetite

Consider how they would fit alongside your existing portfolio and assess your risk appetite.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
This proliferation helped whet the world’s appetite for vanilla.
Smithsonian Mag (2017)
 Risk appetite remained depressed, he said.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
And his appetite for success on the field won't be affected.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
They should have a healthy appetite for risk, it can't just be ignored.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
There's a healthy appetite for fresh meat, it seems.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Sources say there is little appetite for a sell-off that would raise less than 2bn.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
You'll do just enough work to whet your appetite, then do a heck of a lot of eating and drinking.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Foods rich in protein tend to satisfy the appetite most effectively.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Other symptoms include tiredness and loss of appetite.
The Sun (2010)
There was still precious little appetite for risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
They may also have a higher appetite for risk.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Her appetite is healthy and her energy high.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Is the chief theme the peril of bodily appetite?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
The idea of previous appetites infecting your food is odd.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The most we can hope to do in these pages it to whet your appetite.
Charles A. D'Ambrosio & Stewart D. Hodges & Richard Brealey & Stewart Myers Principles of Corporate Finance (1991)
It is a very controlled privilege because there is an insatiable appetite for news from the camp.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
But that is not enough to satisfy his ravenous appetite.
The Sun (2015)
 Loss of appetite is a symptom of mountain sickness.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
There is little public appetite for hope at present and a curious appetite for pain.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It is a frenzy that has survived the most recent collapse of risk appetite.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Cinema audiences have a healthy appetite for films about food.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Our appetite for organic food is unending.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
It has absolutely whetted my appetite for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The first is to build a stronger appetite within the public sector for the hard slog of making change a reality.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The appetite is for success, not a choice based on passports.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
The Greek idea of greed is a continual desire and insatiable appetite for more.
Christianity Today (2000)
Of course, the difficulty is that there is little appetite to police success.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
He's young and has the desire and appetite to be successful.
The Sun (2013)
Now it's a country with an insatiable appetite for cars.
The Sun (2011)
The question is how strong people's appetite is for it.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)

Quotations

The appetite grows by eatingFrançois RabelaisGargantua

In other languages
appetite

British English: appetite /ˈæpɪˌtaɪt/ NOUN
Your appetite is your desire to eat.
He has a healthy appetite.
  • American English: appetite
  • Arabic: شَهِيَّة
  • Brazilian Portuguese: apetite
  • Chinese: 胃口
  • Croatian: apetit
  • Czech: chuť k jídlu
  • Danish: appetit
  • Dutch: eetlust
  • European Spanish: apetito
  • Finnish: ruokahalu
  • French: appétit
  • German: Appetit
  • Greek: όρεξη
  • Italian: appetito
  • Japanese: 食欲
  • Korean: 식욕
  • Norwegian: appetitt
  • Polish: apetyt
  • European Portuguese: apetite
  • Romanian: apetit
  • Russian: аппетит
  • Latin American Spanish: apetito
  • Swedish: aptit
  • Thai: ความอยากอาหาร
  • Turkish: iştah
  • Ukrainian: апетит
  • Vietnamese: cảm giác ngon miệng

Chinese translation of 'appetite'

appetite

(ˈæpɪtaɪt)

n (c/u)

  1. (= desire to eat) 食欲(慾) (shíyù)
  2. an appetite for sth (= desire) 对(對)某事的爱(愛)好 (duì mǒushì de àihào) (个(個), gè)
    the walk has given me an appetite 散步增进(進)了我的食欲(慾) (sànbù zēngjìnle wǒ de shíyù)
1 (noun) 
Definition
a desire for food or drink
a slight fever, headache and loss of appetite
Synonyms
hunger
Hunger is the body's sign that blood sugar is too low.
taste
palate
a selection of dishes to tempt every palate
voracity
the munchies (slang)
hungriness
ravenousness
2 (noun) 
Definition
a liking or willingness
our growing appetite for scandal
Synonyms
desire
I had a strong desire to help and care for people.
liking
She had a liking for good clothes.
longing
He felt a longing for the familiar.
demand
taste
She developed a taste for journeys to hazardous regions.
passion
stomach
They have no stomach for a fight.
hunger
willingness
The leaders have expressed their willingness to compromise.
relish
The three men ate with relish.
craving
I had a sudden craving for a cheese sandwich.
yearning
He spoke of his yearning for another child.
inclination
She set out to follow her artistic inclinations.
zeal
zest
He has a zest for life and a quick intellect.
propensity
hankering
Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
proclivity
appetence
appetency
Opposites
disgust
,
dislike
,
loathing
,
distaste
,
aversion
,
revulsion
,
repulsion
,
abhorrence
,
disinclination
,
repugnance

Quotation

The appetite grows by eating [François Rabelais – Gargantua]

Additional synonyms

in the sense of craving
I had a sudden craving for a cheese sandwich.
Synonyms
longing,
hope,
desire,
urge,
yen (informal),
hunger,
appetite,
ache,
lust,
yearning,
thirst,
hankering,
the munchies (slang),
cacoethes
in the sense of hankering
Have you always had a hankering to be an actress?
Synonyms
desire,
longing,
wish,
hope,
urge,
yen (informal),
pining,
hunger,
ache,
craving,
yearning,
itch,
thirst
in the sense of inclination
Definition
a liking, tendency, or preference
She set out to follow her artistic inclinations.
Synonyms
tendency,
liking,
taste,
turn,
fancy,
leaning,
bent,
stomach,
prejudice,
bias,
affection,
thirst,
disposition,
penchant,
fondness,
propensity,
aptitude,
predisposition,
predilection,
proclivity (formal),
partiality,
turn of mind,
proneness

Synonyms of 'appetite'

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