Appetite
noun
A natural desire to eat food.
Skipping breakfast can decrease your appetite later in the day.
Often appears as...
- lose your appetite
- suppress your appetite
noun
A strong desire or liking for something.
He has a big appetite for success.
Often appears as...
- appetite for success
- appetite for life
noun
The feeling of wanting or needing something.
Some medicines can affect your appetite.
Often appears as...
- loss of appetite
- a good appetite
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Formal
noun
A natural desire to eat food.
Skipping breakfast can decrease your appetite later in the day.
Often appears as...
- lose your appetite
- suppress your appetite
noun
A strong desire or liking for something.
He has a big appetite for success.
Often appears as...
- appetite for success
- appetite for life
noun
The feeling of wanting or needing something.
Some medicines can affect your appetite.
Often appears as...
- loss of appetite
- a good appetite
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Need
'Appetite' often refers to a physical need. It can fluctuate based on time of day and activity level.
After the hike, my appetite was huge.
Pro Tip 2/2Idiomatic Expressions
'Appetite' is used in idioms like 'whet your appetite', meaning to increase interest or desire.
The preview whetted my appetite for the full movie.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Need
'Appetite' often refers to a physical need. It can fluctuate based on time of day and activity level.
After the hike, my appetite was huge.
Pro Tip 2/2Idiomatic Expressions
'Appetite' is used in idioms like 'whet your appetite', meaning to increase interest or desire.
The preview whetted my appetite for the full movie.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Need
'Appetite' often refers to a physical need. It can fluctuate based on time of day and activity level.
After the hike, my appetite was huge.
Pro Tip 2/2Idiomatic Expressions
'Appetite' is used in idioms like 'whet your appetite', meaning to increase interest or desire.
The preview whetted my appetite for the full movie.
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What is bipolar...
a low mood, dwindling interest in hobbies, changes in appetite, feeling worthless or excessively guilty, sleeping either too much or too little, restlessness or slowness, or persistent thoughts of suicide. Worldwide, about one to three percent of adults
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The surprising reason...
and causes a rise in body temperature. It also makes you sleepy, and you lose your appetite and thirst. But what's the point of all of these unpleasant symptoms? Well, we're not yet sure, but some theorize that they aid in recovery.
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How do drugs affect the...
dilates pupils, and triggers the body's fight or flight response. Cocaine blocks the reuptake of dopamine and serotonin, pushing more into the network where they boost energy, create feelings of euphoria, and suppress appetites.
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What is your entrepreneur...
disposition on yourself and on the relationships you have it starts with humility humility allows you to have intellectual curiosity this voracious appetite to experience what's new and novel and also an intellectual
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Are we sexual omnivores?...
Everyone has to respond to the modern world. But the body does have its inherent evolved trajectories. And so you could live on McDonald's and milkshakes, but your body will rebel against that. We have appetites.
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The exceptional life of...
And his appetite for knowledge only grew as he taught himself astronomy, mathematics, engineering, and the study of the natural world. As an adult, he used astronomy to accurately predict lunar and solar events,
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Drunk Monkeys PIPE National...
swimmers and avid swingers and all this swimming and swinging sure works up and what else a gigantic appetite know in life there's what you know and what you don't know and what you don't know you don't know
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Debunking the myths of...
a neurotransmitter that communicates between brain structures and helps regulate vital processes, such as mood, aggression, impulse control, sleep, appetite, body temperature and pain.
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Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
She has seven hungry cubs to feed. As their appetites grow, the mother must work tirelessly to raise her family. Only fat healthy cubs will survive the Arctic winter.
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The Planet Earth...
appetite screw the mother must work tirelessly to raise her family only fat healthy Cubs will survive the Arctic winter
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What is bipolar...
a low mood, dwindling interest in hobbies, changes in appetite, feeling worthless or excessively guilty, sleeping either too much or too little, restlessness or slowness, or persistent thoughts of suicide. Worldwide, about one to three percent of adults
Video examples
The surprising reason...
and causes a rise in body temperature. It also makes you sleepy, and you lose your appetite and thirst. But what's the point of all of these unpleasant symptoms? Well, we're not yet sure, but some theorize that they aid in recovery.
Video examples
How do drugs affect the...
dilates pupils, and triggers the body's fight or flight response. Cocaine blocks the reuptake of dopamine and serotonin, pushing more into the network where they boost energy, create feelings of euphoria, and suppress appetites.
Video examples
What is your entrepreneur...
disposition on yourself and on the relationships you have it starts with humility humility allows you to have intellectual curiosity this voracious appetite to experience what's new and novel and also an intellectual
Video examples
Are we sexual omnivores?...
Everyone has to respond to the modern world. But the body does have its inherent evolved trajectories. And so you could live on McDonald's and milkshakes, but your body will rebel against that. We have appetites.
Video examples
The exceptional life of...
And his appetite for knowledge only grew as he taught himself astronomy, mathematics, engineering, and the study of the natural world. As an adult, he used astronomy to accurately predict lunar and solar events,
Video examples
Drunk Monkeys PIPE National...
swimmers and avid swingers and all this swimming and swinging sure works up and what else a gigantic appetite know in life there's what you know and what you don't know and what you don't know you don't know
Video examples
Debunking the myths of...
a neurotransmitter that communicates between brain structures and helps regulate vital processes, such as mood, aggression, impulse control, sleep, appetite, body temperature and pain.
Video examples
Arctic Fox Snatches Snow...
She has seven hungry cubs to feed. As their appetites grow, the mother must work tirelessly to raise her family. Only fat healthy cubs will survive the Arctic winter.
Video examples
The Planet Earth...
appetite screw the mother must work tirelessly to raise her family only fat healthy Cubs will survive the Arctic winter
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Joe Russo
American Director
Films used to be an event that required work and effort to get to a theater to see. Now, really good content is available immediately to us on many devices. At the same time, the audience's appetite for storytelling is evolving, and people want to spend time with characters for many years.
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Jamie Bamber
English Actor
There's something extremely rewarding about following characters that you like and knowing that there's as many hours of viewing as you have the appetite for. You can tell more complex stories; you can create more complex characters in the longer form.
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Gloria Vanderbilt
American Designer
I do take very good care of myself, and I'm always in love. And by that I mean I have an appetite for life. I'm in love with beauty and things and people and love and being in love, and those things I think, on the inside, show on the outside.
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Tim O'Reilly
Irish Businessman
I've been deeply influenced by Aristotle's idea that virtue is a habit, something you practice and get better at, rather than something that comes naturally. 'The control of the appetites by right reason,' is how he defined it.
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Nigella Lawson
British Journalist
I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy appetite for life and maybe, yes, you are less measured in your behaviour than you would otherwise be.
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
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Joseph Butler
English Clergyman
Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.
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Karen Salmansohn
American Author
If you want to lose weight, you must make sure your appetite for life is far bigger than your appetite for mere food.
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Kim Cattrall
English Actress
I've been dieting my whole life because I have a tremendous appetite.
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James Stewart
American Actor
I lasted one night. They said my playing spoiled people's appetites.
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Joe Russo
American Director
Films used to be an event that required work and effort to get to a theater to see. Now, really good content is available immediately to us on many devices. At the same time, the audience's appetite for storytelling is evolving, and people want to spend time with characters for many years.
Quote examples
Jamie Bamber
English Actor
There's something extremely rewarding about following characters that you like and knowing that there's as many hours of viewing as you have the appetite for. You can tell more complex stories; you can create more complex characters in the longer form.
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Gloria Vanderbilt
American Designer
I do take very good care of myself, and I'm always in love. And by that I mean I have an appetite for life. I'm in love with beauty and things and people and love and being in love, and those things I think, on the inside, show on the outside.
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Tim O'Reilly
Irish Businessman
I've been deeply influenced by Aristotle's idea that virtue is a habit, something you practice and get better at, rather than something that comes naturally. 'The control of the appetites by right reason,' is how he defined it.
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Nigella Lawson
British Journalist
I think maybe when you live with someone who is really very ill for a long time, it somehow gives you more of a greedy appetite for life and maybe, yes, you are less measured in your behaviour than you would otherwise be.
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Leo Tolstoy
Russian Novelist
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
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Joseph Butler
English Clergyman
Happiness or satisfaction consists only in the enjoyment of those objects which are by nature suited to our several particular appetites, passions, and affections.
Quote examples
Karen Salmansohn
American Author
If you want to lose weight, you must make sure your appetite for life is far bigger than your appetite for mere food.
Quote examples
Kim Cattrall
English Actress
I've been dieting my whole life because I have a tremendous appetite.
Quote examples
James Stewart
American Actor
I lasted one night. They said my playing spoiled people's appetites.
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