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

  • (..) Don't tell me. Still in love? Oh, head over heels. Pressing charges, though. You've made some mistakes... Miss Kyle. - Girl's gotta eat. - And you have an appetite. Why would you run? You can't hide from us with a record like this. Maybe it's not you I'm running from. Who then? Bane? (..)
    2012 The Dark Knight Rises