whetverb
uk/wet/us/wet/-tt-whet verb (INTEREST)
whet sb's appetite
to increase someone's interest in and wish for something, usually by giving them a small experience of it:
I've read an excerpt of the book on the Web and it's whetted my appetite.
That one kiss had whetted his appetite.
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Making people excited and interested
- absorbed
- animate
- be sb's bag idiom
- breathe (new) life into sth idiom
- captivate
- capture
- catch
- enthuse
- entrance 1
- intoxicate
- intrigue
- occupy
- pulse
- pump
- pump sb up
- reinvigorate
- swing
- talk sth up
- whip sth up
- wow factor
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whet verb (SHARPEN)
[ T ] old use to sharpen the blade of a knife or similar tool:
He whetted his knife against the stone.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sharp and blunt
- blunt
- hone
- jaggy
- keen
- point
- pointed
- pointy
- prickly
- razor-sharp
- sharp
- sharpen
- sharply
- spike
- spiked
- spiky
- spiny