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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
appetite
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appetite...voracious
▪ Her appetite for information was voracious.
healthy appetites (=they like to eat a lot)
▪ All of our kids have healthy appetites.
insatiable appetite/desire/demand etc (for sth)
▪ his insatiable appetite for power
▪ our insatiable thirst for knowledge
loss of appetite
▪ a disease which causes fever and a loss of appetite
satisfy sb's appetite/hunger
▪ They don't get enough food to satisfy their appetite.
voracious appetites
▪ Kids can have voracious appetites.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
healthy
▪ The chicks need round the clock attention, and have developed very healthy appetites.
▪ A high-powered grill that has a healthy appetite for the biggest brunch.
insatiable
▪ Their observations concerning the insatiable appetite for immediate team success from the age of eight are so relevant.
▪ The underlying problem is the insatiable appetite of modern political campaigns for ever more cash.
▪ I've started reading your column in the Sunday Express but that won't satisfy my insatiable appetite for your peerless wit.
▪ The government is not some sinister monster gobbling up taxpayers' money simply to satisfy its own insatiable appetite.
▪ As one would expect of two old pros with an insatiable appetite for the game, we hardly stopped talking about football.
▪ She named him Albert, and gave him an insatiable appetite for ropes.
voracious
▪ The late James Currie had in common with all comedians a voracious appetite for new material.
▪ He has a voracious appetite for knowledge about what is happening around every corner in New York City.
▪ The socialists were not alone at the banquet of graft, but they had a particularly voracious appetite.
▪ A voracious appetite, omnivorous, suitable for a bear.
▪ Children have voracious appetites for authenticity, but in drama we should never intimidate them with factual information.
▪ Walburga once suppressed the voracious appetite of a child by having her consume three ears of grain.
▪ Joe, for example, had a voracious appetite.
■ NOUN
suppressants
▪ There are no drugs or appetite suppressants in the pack.
▪ A big rainbow-colored sign lists several prescription appetite suppressants, vitamins, and minerals.
■ VERB
feed
▪ Seaside entrepreneurs had been feeding this appetite, building this market, for several generations already.
▪ Bookstores are feeding the new appetite as publishers bake up hot loaves of fresh poetry collections.
▪ The result was a mutually-degrading spectacle that fed our appetite for making others look stupid.
▪ But this was not the only series that fed on viewers' appetite for nostalgic programming.
increase
▪ When stressed, we release cortisone into the body and this increases the appetite.
lose
▪ The animals lose their appetites and become lame.
▪ Blast! he thought, completely losing his appetite.
▪ A few of us lost our appetites.
▪ They got only about half way through the wiring before losing their appetite.
▪ But the animals would lose their appetite and lose weight, and so would be worth less.
▪ He lost his appetite for a girlfriend two seasons ago when she refused to share a piece of pie with him.
▪ Many people, particularly night-workers, feel that they lose their appetite in the middle of the night.
▪ Zanoyan believes banks may have lost their appetite for government debt.
satisfy
▪ Nestled within these bleak volcanic highlands are fertile valleys filled with game plentiful enough to satisfy even the appetites of dragons.
▪ The government is not some sinister monster gobbling up taxpayers' money simply to satisfy its own insatiable appetite.
▪ However, it will be unlikely that you could produce enough to satisfy the appetites of the Tangs on a continuous basis.
▪ First, there was the clear risk that particularization would feed rather than satisfy the appetite for further self-determination.
▪ Flake will not satisfy the appetite or requirements of a 10in Oscar.
▪ Obviously this would have some realistic effect in satisfying the appetite.
▪ These are designed to whet rather than satisfy the appetite - but short bibliographies help would-be students to delve further.
▪ I've started reading your column in the Sunday Express but that won't satisfy my insatiable appetite for your peerless wit.
whet
▪ To whet your appetite, try the Wanaka lamb in orange sauce recipe on this page.
▪ Undergraduates will certainly find some interesting material, and researchers will also find enough examples to whet their appetite.
▪ If that's not enough to whet your appetite, we've 100 £4 entrance tickets to give away free!
▪ Martin's potted history of each railway is certainly sufficiently detailed to whet the appetite enough to free buttocks from armchair Dralon.
▪ Most of the notorious grade anomalies have been ironed out and the colour photos should whet people's appetites.
▪ Any departure from it would be more likely to whet appetites than to satisfy them.
▪ To whet your appetite, here are some of the most commonly asked questions about fine vintage wines.
▪ After a quick outline of what each type of program lets you do, I list some uses to whet your appetite.
whetted
▪ I hadn't really grasped what they were talking about, but my two successes in Madrid had whetted my appetite.
▪ I swallowed the last bite of the roll, but it merely whetted my appetite.
▪ In Seoul, the secret meeting with Kim whetted the appetite of those few who were aware of it.
▪ The behaviour whetted Ken's own appetite.
▪ That glimpse he had had of Capri with Dickie had only whetted his appetite.
▪ Glimpses of the West whetted appetites and fuelled discontent at home.
▪ Those invigorating tramps across the springy heather merely whetted my appetite for more.
work
▪ We went steaming first to work up an appetite.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
appetite/cough/pain etc suppressant
▪ It was designed for use as an appetite suppressant, to be taken along with a certain pill.
whet sb's appetite (for sth)
▪ To whet your appetite for a trip to Santa Fe, here is a list of our favorite sights.
▪ After a quick outline of what each type of program lets you do, I list some uses to whet your appetite.
▪ If that's not enough to whet your appetite, we've 100 £4 entrance tickets to give away free!
▪ Martin's potted history of each railway is certainly sufficiently detailed to whet the appetite enough to free buttocks from armchair Dralon.
▪ Most of the notorious grade anomalies have been ironed out and the colour photos should whet people's appetites.
▪ Rhys Williams was very convincing and his books did much to whet my appetite to visit the vast Soviet empire.
▪ To whet your appetite, here are some of the most commonly asked questions about fine vintage wines.
▪ To whet your appetite, try the Wanaka lamb in orange sauce recipe on this page.
▪ Undergraduates will certainly find some interesting material, and researchers will also find enough examples to whet their appetite.
work up an appetite/a thirst/a sweat
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Don't eat any cake now. You'll spoil your appetite.
▪ He has a tremendous appetite for hard work.
▪ How's his appetite? Is he getting enough to eat?
▪ She must be growing; she's got a big appetite right now.
▪ The dangers of the climb up Mt. Washington only whetted our appetite for more adventure.
▪ The public has an insatiable appetite for scandal and political controversy.
▪ Thompson claimed he had an insatiable sexual appetite.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Even when Emma had gone her appetite had not slackened.
▪ Gao Yang knew it belonged to him, but he had no appetite.
▪ His appetite was enormous, but he never seemed to put on an ounce of weight.
▪ The Rockefeller episode vividly demonstrates the Republican appetite for strife.
▪ These transmitters modulate many of the functions impaired by depression - sleep, appetite, motivation, pleasure and so on.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appetite

Appetite \Ap"pe*tite\, n. [OE. appetit, F. app['e]tit, fr. L. appetitus, fr. appetere to strive after, long for; ad + petere to seek. See Petition, and cf. Appetence.]

  1. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

    The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.
    --Hooker.

  2. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.

    Men must have appetite before they will eat.
    --Buckle.

  3. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

    It God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.
    --Jer. Taylor.

    To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous.
    --Macaulay.

  4. Tendency; appetency. [Obs.]

    In all bodies there as an appetite of union.
    --Bacon.

  5. The thing desired. [Obs.]

    Power being the natural appetite of princes.
    --Swift.

    Note: In old authors, appetite is followed by to or of, but regularly it should be followed by for before the object; as, an appetite for pleasure.

    Syn: Craving; longing; desire; appetency; passion.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
appetite

c.1300, "craving for food," from Anglo-French appetit, Old French apetit (13c.) "appetite, desire, eagerness," from Latin appetitus "appetite," literally "desire toward," from appetitus, past participle of appetere "to long for, desire; strive for, grasp at," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + petere "go to, seek out" (see petition (n.)).\n

\nOf other desires or cravings, from late 14c. As an adjective form, OED lists appetitious (1650s) and appetitual (1610s) as "obsolete," but appetitive (1570s) continues.

Wiktionary
appetite

n. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.

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WordNet
appetite

n. a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks [syn: appetency, appetence]

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Wikipedia
Appetite

Appetite is the desire to eat food, sometimes due to hunger. Appealing foods can stimulate appetite even when hunger is absent. Appetite exists in all higher life-forms, and serves to regulate adequate energy intake to maintain metabolic needs. It is regulated by a close interplay between the digestive tract, adipose tissue and the brain. Appetite has a relationship with every individual's behavior. Appetitive and consummatory behaviours are the only processes that involve energy intake, whereas all other behaviours affect the release of energy. When stressed, appetite levels may increase and result in an increase of food intake. Decreased desire to eat is termed anorexia, while polyphagia (or "hyperphagia") is increased eating. Dysregulation of appetite contributes to anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, cachexia, overeating, and binge eating disorder.

Appetite (album)

Appetite is the debut album by singer/songwriter Kris Delmhorst, released in 1998.

Appetite (art gallery)

Appetite was a gallery and artist-run space, founded by Daniela Luna, in the neighborhood of San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, with the mission of discovering and promoting new artists. It sometimes courted controversy, before finally closing in mid-2011.

Appetite (disambiguation)

Appetite is the desire for nourishment.

Appetite may also refer to:

  • Appetite (album), an album by Kris Delmhorst
  • Appetite (art gallery), a former Argentinian art gallery
  • Appetite (journal), a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier
  • Appetition, the philosophical concept of desire
  • Specific appetite, a drive to eat foods with specific flavors or other characteristics
Appetite (journal)

Appetite is a peer-reviewed journal published by Elsevier focusing on the behavioral sciences, particularly as it pertains to food and/or beverage intake. The journal is published bimonthly since 1980. According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2014 impact factor of 2.691. The journal is indexed in Scopus.

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Usage examples of "appetite".

In a sense, we choose our own history, or more accurately, we select those vistas of history for our examinations which promise us the greatest satisfaction, and we have had little appetite to explore the possibility that our founding father was a black man.

Barbfor she could find no appetite for the meal poor Ogma had prepareda fresh thought occurred to her, affording a curious, paradoxical comfort.

Or can any carnal appetite so overpower your reason, or so totally lay it asleep, as to prevent your flying with affright and terror from a crime which carries such punishment always with it?

Rejecting with disdain the delicacies provided for his table, he satisfied his appetite with the coarse and common fare which was allotted to the meanest soldiers.

Rather than being the epitome of poetic grace in which everything fits together with inflexible elegance, the multiverse and the anthropic principle paint a picture of a wildly excessive collection of universes with an insatiable appetite for variety.

The anticipation will make things much sweeter in the end, when you tame her to your appetites.

The overloaded appetite loathes even the honeycomb, and it is scarce a wonder that the knight, mortified and harassed with misfortunes and abasement, became something impatient of hearing his misery made, at every turn, the ground of proverbs and apothegms, however just and apposite.

And there the arrowy eagle of the height Becomes the little bird that hops to feed, Glad of a crumb, for tempered appetite To make it wholesome blood and fruitful seed.

The assessor is not a very sophisticated man, but he does have substantial, um, appetites.

Lovers in like manner live on their capital from failure of income: they, too, for the sake of stifling apprehension and piping to the present hour, are lavish of their stock, so as rapidly to attenuate it: they have their fits of intoxication in view of coming famine: they force memory into play, love retrospectively, enter the old house of the past and ravage the larder, and would gladly, even resolutely, continue in illusion if it were possible for the broadest honey-store of reminiscences to hold out for a length of time against a mortal appetite: which in good sooth stands on the alternative of a consumption of the hive or of the creature it is for nourishing.

But he would not whet that appetite either, and pointedly guided Bardel into dialogue with the woman.

All werewolves are of evil disposition, having assumed a bestial form to gratify a beastial appetite, but some, transformed by sorcery, are as humane and is consistent with an acquired taste for human flesh.

But Bernard made the most of it, and took comfort in the thought that his friend had recovered his spirits and his appetite for matrimony.

At the luncheon table of the Duvidney ladies, it was a pain to Dorothea and Virginia to witness how poor the appetite their Nesta brought in from the briny blowy walk.

My fondness for gossip and laughter, my brimming appetites, my tendency to sartorial chaos and my trick of farting at will made me one of the most popular men at Whitehall.