Craving+appetite

  • 11appetite — noun /ˈæp.ə.taɪt/ a) Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger. If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim. . b) Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing. To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous. . Syn: craving, longing,… …

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  • 12appetite — noun 1) a walk sharpens the appetite Syn: hunger, ravenousness, hungriness; taste, palate 2) my appetite for learning Syn: craving, longing, yearning, hankering, hunger, thirst, pass …

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  • 13craving — noun a craving for chocolate Syn: longing, yearning, desire, want, wish, hankering, hunger, thirst, appetite, greed, lust, ache, need, urge; informal yen, itch, jones …

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  • 14appetite — noun Etymology: Middle English apetit, from Anglo French, from Latin appetitus, from appetere to strive after, from ad + petere to go to more at feather Date: 14th century 1. any of the instinctive desires necessary to keep up organic life;… …

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  • 15appetite — Synonyms and related words: Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, alacrity, an universal wolf, animation, animus, anxiety, anxiousness, appetence, appetency, appetition, appetitiveness, avidity, avidness, bent, bias, breathless impatience, canine… …

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  • 16appetite — ap•pe•tite [[t]ˈæp ɪˌtaɪt[/t]] n. 1) a desire for food or drink 2) a desire to satisfy any bodily need or craving 3) a desire or inclination for something; taste: an appetite for power[/ex] • Etymology: 1275–1325; ME (< AF) < L appetītus… …

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  • 17craving — Synonyms and related words: a habit, acquired tolerance, acute alcoholism, addictedness, addiction, alcoholism, amphetamine withdrawal symptoms, an universal wolf, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, athirst, barbiturate addiction,… …

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  • 18craving — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. desire. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. need, longing, yearning; see deSire 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. desire, longing, yearning, want, need, hunger, thirst, hankering, *yen, lust. IV (Roget s… …

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  • 19appetite — n. 1. Desire, longing, craving, hankering, pruriency, appetency, passion. 2. Liking, relish, stomach, gusto, gust, zest. 3. Hunger, stomach, desire of food …

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  • 20appetite — n 1. hunger, thirst, craving, desire, want, need, appetency; voraciousness, ravenousness, edacity, gluttonousness, insatiability. 2. relish, taste, palate, sweet tooth; zest, gusto, partiality, bias, keenness; affinity, liking, affection,… …

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