- appetite
- noun1 desire for foodADJECTIVE▪ big, enormous, gargantuan, good, healthy, hearty, huge, insatiable, large, ravenous▪
special double-decker sandwiches for big appetites
▪ poor, small▪The symptoms of depression can include poor appetite.
▪I have always had a small appetite.
▪ jaded (BrE)▪magnificent meals to tempt the most jaded appetites
VERB + APPETITE▪ have▪She had no appetite and began to lose weight.
▪ lose▪ build, build up, develop, work up▪I went for a walk to work up an appetite for breakfast.
▪ get back, regain▪After a week she had regained her appetite.
▪ give sb▪All that digging has given me an appetite.
▪ increase, stimulate▪The cold air had given an edge to my appetite.
▪ control, curb, decrease, reduce, suppress, take away, take the edge off (esp. BrE)▪Some drugs can suppress the appetite.
▪ ruin, spoil▪This is something you can eat between meals without ruining your appetite.
▪ satisfy▪This meal will satisfy even the healthiest appetite.
APPETITE + VERB▪ grow, increase▪ come back, return▪His appetite has returned to normal.
PHRASES▪ a lack of appetite, a loss of appetite▪The symptoms include aching limbs and a loss of appetite.
2 strong desire for sthADJECTIVE▪ enormous, great, huge, insatiable, voracious▪an insatiable appetite for books
▪ growing▪The airport cannot accommodate the growing appetite for flights.
▪ public▪The website recognizes the public appetite for serious information.
▪ sexual▪ intellectual▪The website has enough good content to satisfy its users' intellectual appetite.
VERB + APPETITE▪ have▪ lose▪ give sb▪ feed, fuel, increase, whet▪Reading the first story whetted my appetite for more.
▪ dull▪ sate, satisfy▪He sated her appetite for adventure and intrigue.
▪ indulge▪We get into debt to indulge our appetite for consumer goods.
APPETITE + VERB▪ grow, increasePREPOSITION▪ appetite for▪His appetite for power had grown.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
