appetite

Definition

  • noun: a physical desire for food
  • noun: any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life
  • usually + 'for'
  • synonyms: appetency, desire, longing

Examples

  • She has an 'appetite for' adventure. [=she likes adventure; she likes to do adventurous things]

  • That movie made me 'lose my appetite'. [=I no longer wanted to eat after seeing that movie]

  • Delicious smells from the kitchen 'whetted our appetites'. [=made us hungry]

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) can't know any of this. Hey, Pea-buddy. Hey. How's it going? Patty and I are working up an appetite. Mmm. The smells coming from your kitchen are yummy! Especially that Baked Alaska. So, what's going on here? Yeah, what's with the getups? (..)
    2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman
  • (..) Marie Antoinette sure likes cake, Mr. Peabody. Oh! Indeed she does. Marie was a woman with a prodigious appetite... for all things covered with frosting. But her expensive tastes made her the target of much criticism. Why? (..)
    2014 Mr. Peabody & Sherman