1 [U,C,usually sing.] physical desire for food:
He suffered from headaches, insomnia and loss of appetite. * The walk has given me a good appetite. * Don't spoil your appetite by eating between meals.
2 [C] ~ (for sth) a strong desire for sth:
The public have an insatiable appetite for scandal. * sexual appetites * The preview was intended to whet your appetite (= make you want more).
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for appetite is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is appetite a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, appetite is tagged as noun.
Does appetite appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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