appetite
A desire to eat food or consume drinks.
Other meanings
Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.
The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.
Synonyms
- desire
- passion
Related words
- appetited
- appetiteless
- appetite comes with eating
- appetitive
- appetizer
- appetizing
- appetizingly
- risk appetite
- sexual appetite
- whet someone's appetite
- concupiscible appetite
- irascible appetite
Word history
From Latin "appetitus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “appetite” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.