APPETITE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does appetite mean? 

• APPETITE (noun)
  The noun APPETITE has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of craving something

  Familiarity information: APPETITE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• APPETITE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A feeling of craving something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

appetence; appetency; appetite

Context example:

the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible

Hypernyms ("appetite" is a kind of...):

craving (an intense desire for some particular thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appetite"):

stomach (an appetite for food)

sweet tooth (a strong appetite for sweet food)

 Context examples 

When he wanted dinners, no one gave them to him, and now that he could buy a hundred thousand dinners and was losing his appetite, dinners were thrust upon him right and left.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Symptoms include: • Watery diarrhea (at least three bowel movements per day for two or more days) • Fever • Loss of appetite • Nausea • Abdominal pain or tenderness

(Clostridium Difficile Infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The old man had just finished his lunch, and certainly his empty dish bore evidence to the good appetite with which his housekeeper had credited him.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They supplied me as fast as they could, showing a thousand marks of wonder and astonishment at my bulk and appetite.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

Symptoms include: • Infections • Fever • Loss of appetite • Tiredness • Easy bruising or bleeding • Swollen lymph nodes • Night sweats • Shortness of breath • Pain in the bones or joints

(Childhood Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

The increase in synaptic concentrations of these catecholamines causes behavioral changes including euphoria, an increase in mental alertness and excitement, and suppresses appetite.

(Benzphetamine, NCI Thesaurus)

Physical reactions can include sleeping problems, changes in appetite, physical problems or illness.

(Bereavement, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

However, the scratch or bite of an infected cat can cause symptoms in people, including: • Swollen lymph nodes, especially around the head, neck, and upper limbs • Fever • Headache • Fatigue • Poor appetite

(Cat Scratch Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

Other symptoms include: • Fever • Headache • Tiredness • Loss of appetite

(Chickenpox, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

"Always has he the great appetite like the horse."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)