Appetite
['æpɪtaɪt]
Definition
(noun.) a feeling of craving something; 'an appetite for life'; 'the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible'- Granville Hicks.
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Definition
(n.) The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
(n.) Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
(n.) Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
(n.) Tendency; appetency.
(n.) The thing desired.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Desire, longing, craving, relish, hankering, pruriency, appetency, passion.[2]. Hunger, stomach, desire of food.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Passion, desire, propensity, proclivity, inclination, propension, appetency,want, craving, disposition, tendency, proneness
ANT:Repugnance, aversion, antipathy, loathing, indifference, apathy
Editor: Patrick
Definition
n. physical craving accompanied with uneasy sensation (hunger thirst sex): natural desire: inclination: desire for food: hunger (with for).—adjs. Ap′petible Ap′petitive.—v.t. Ap′petise to create or whet appetite.—ns. Appetise′ment; Appetis′er something which whets the appetite.—p.adj. Appetis′ing.—adv. Appetis′ingly.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question.
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Examples
- He is no doubt born with an appetite--probably, when he is in a safer state of health, he has an excellent appetite. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Nancy (who has a fine appetite) looked pleased. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- They supplied me as fast as they could, showing a thousand marks of wonder and astonishment at my bulk and appetite. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Nothing like dissecting, to give one an appetite,' said Mr. Bob Sawyer, looking round the table. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That one has taken my appetite, the gypsy said. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Kindness or esteem, and the appetite to generation, are too remote to unite easily together. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- But he hasn't borne the Roman yoke as I have, nor yet he hasn't been required to pander to your depraved appetite for miserly characters. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Well, it takes all sorts to make a world, and the professor hasn't let it take his appetite away. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- We'll take a snack, and order dinner at the little inn--the Lennard Arms, it used to be,--and go and get an appetite in the forest. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- It didn't affect your appetite? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But my curiosity will be past its appetite; it craves food now. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In less than an hour, I mentioned that the air of the river had given me an appetite, and Sophia, of course, had never been so hungry in all her life! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is time lost, muttered Cedric apart and impatiently, to speak to him of aught else but that which concerns his appetite! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I saw reawakening appetite in the Roman nostrils of Mr. Wopsle. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- But soon your appetite will return; it _must_ return--that is, I pray God it may. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When the mind touches the body through the appetites, we acknowledge the responsibility of the one to the other. Plato. The Republic.
- It is from the principle of comparison that both these irregular appetites for evil arise. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Hitherto man has been living in a slum, amidst quarrels, revenges, vanities, shames and taints, hot desires, and urgent appetites. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- In some individuals, appetites naturally dominate; they are assigned to the laboring and trading class, which expresses and supplies human wants. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- From reason moreover proceeds the proper control of the lower elements of human nature--the appetites and the active, motor, impulses. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- The curates had good appetites, and though the beef was tough, they ate a great deal of it. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- When they were dressed, the three of them walked quickly back to breakfast, for the morning air had developed their appetites enormously. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Boys have generally excellent appetites. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Which appetites do you mean? Plato. The Republic.
- The sheep and ox are deprived of all these advantages; but their appetites are moderate, and their food is of easy purchase. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- Of this kind is the desire of punishment to our enemies, and of happiness to our friends; hunger, lust, and a few other bodily appetites. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
- How could I gauge your appetites or number your band? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The senses are connected with the appetites, with wants and desires. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He wanted sex to revert to the level of the other appetites, to be regarded as a functional process, not as a fulfilment. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- I expected every moment that my master would accuse the _Yahoos_ of those unnatural appetites in both sexes, so common among us. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
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