appetite meaning

• Noun: appetite  'apu`tIt
  1. A feeling of craving something
     "an appetite for life"
     - appetency, appetence

  Sounds like: apatite

  Derived forms: appetites

  See also: appetitive

  Type of: craving

  Encyclopedia: Appetite

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  [Medicine]
  Natural recurring desire for food. n : any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life; esp : the desire to eat — ap·pe·ti·tive adj
  

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Examples

1. they rivalled one another in their appetites.
2. his appetite satisfied, his mood changed.
3. the rumours have taken the place of the appetite.
4. this medicine will work up an appetite.
5. anxiety has taken away his appetite.