Appetite

  • 21appetite —    Ono ka ai, hia ai ono.    ♦ Lack of appetite, kanea, kanekanea, naoa, kaea, niole, noni, uanaoa.    ♦ Ravenous appetite, aiāmanō.    ♦ He has a good appetite, his food is appetizing, ono kāna ai ana …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 22appetite — noun /ˈæp.ə.taɪt/ a) Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger. If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim. . b) Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing. To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous. . Syn: craving, longing,… …

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  • 23appetite — noun 1) a walk sharpens the appetite Syn: hunger, ravenousness, hungriness; taste, palate 2) my appetite for learning Syn: craving, longing, yearning, hankering, hunger, thirst, pass …

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  • 24appetite — noun Etymology: Middle English apetit, from Anglo French, from Latin appetitus, from appetere to strive after, from ad + petere to go to more at feather Date: 14th century 1. any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life;… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 25appetite — Synonyms and related words: Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, alacrity, an universal wolf, animation, animus, anxiety, anxiousness, appetence, appetency, appetition, appetitiveness, avidity, avidness, bent, bias, breathless impatience, canine… …

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  • 26appetite — [14] In its origins, appetite referred to a very generalized desire or inclination; the wish for food is a secondary development. The Latin noun was appetītus, a derivative of the compound verb appetere ‘strive after, desire eagerly’, which was… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 27appetite — noun 1) Syn: hunger, taste, palate 2) my appetite for learning Syn: desire, liking, hunger, thirst, longing, yearning, passion, enthusiasm, keenness, eagerness; informal yen …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

  • 28appetite — ap•pe•tite [[t]ˈæp ɪˌtaɪt[/t]] n. 1) a desire for food or drink 2) a desire to satisfy any bodily need or craving 3) a desire or inclination for something; taste: an appetite for power[/ex] • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME (< AF) < L appetītus… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29appetite — apetitas statusas T sritis Kūno kultūra ir sportas apibrėžtis Noras valgyti ir malonumo jausmas valgant. kilmė lot. appetitus – troškimas, noras atitikmenys: angl. appetite vok. Appetit, m rus. аппетит …

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  • 30appetite — see appetite comes with eating hunger is the best sauce …

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