Word Meanings - APPETITE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

appetere to strive after, long for; ad + petere to seek. See 1. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind. The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good

Additional info about word: APPETITE

appetere to strive after, long for; ad + petere to seek. See 1. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind. The object of appetite it whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. Hooker. 2. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger. Men must have appetite before they will eat. Buckle. 3. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing. It God had given to eagles an appetite to swim. Jer. Taylor. To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous. Macaulay. 4. Tendency; appetency. In all bodies there as an appetite of union. Bacon. 5. The thing desired. Power being the natural appetite of princes. Swift. Note: In old authors, appetite is followed by to or of, but regularly it should be followed by for before the object; as, an appetite for pleasure. Syn. -- Craving; longing; desire; appetency; passion.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of APPETITE)

• Relish
• Zest
• recommendation
• enhancement
• flavor
• savor
• gusto
• taste
• appetite
• piquancy
• sapidity

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of APPETITE)

• Repudiate
• nauseate
• reject
• abominate
• loathe

Related words: (words related to APPETITE)

• SAVORINESS
  The quality of being savory.
• RELISHABLE
  Capable of being relished; agreeable to the taste; gratifying.
• SAVOROUS
  Having a savor; savory. Rom. of R.
• ENHANCEMENT
  The act of increasing, or state of being increased; augmentation; aggravation; as, the enhancement of value, price, enjoyments, crime.
• FLAVORED
  Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.
• REJECTER
  One who rejects.
• SAVORLY
  In a savory manner. Barrow.
• FLAVORLESS
  Without flavor; tasteless.
• REJECT
  re- + jacere to throw: cf. F. rejeter, formerly also spelt rejecter. 1. To cast from one; to throw away; to discard. Therefore all this exercise of hunting . . . the Utopians have rejected to their butchers. Robynson . Reject me not from among
• REJECTANEOUS
  Not chosen orr received; rejected. "Profane, rejectaneous, and reprobate people." Barrow.
• REJECTION
  Act of rejecting, or state of being rejected.
• ABOMINATE
  To turn from as ill-omened; to hate in the highest degree, as if with religious dread; loathe; as, to abominate all impiety. Syn. -- To hate; abhor; loathe; detest. See Hate.
• NAUSEATE
  1. To affect with nausea; to sicken; to cause to feel loathing or disgust. 2. To sicken at; to reject with disgust; to loathe. The patient nauseates and loathes wholesome foods. Blackmore.
• REJECTABLE
  Capable of being, or that ought to be, rejected.
• PIQUANCY
  The quality or state of being piquant.
• TASTER
  One of a peculiar kind of zooids situated on the polyp-stem of certain Siphonophora. They somewhat resemble the feeding zooids, but are destitute of mouths. See Siphonophora. (more info) 1. One who tastes; especially, one who first tastes food
• SAPIDITY
  The quality or state of being sapid; taste; savor; savoriness. Whether one kind of sapidity is more effective than another. M. S. Lamson.
• SAVORY
  The chewing flocks Had ta'en their supper on the savory herb. Milton.
• LOATHER
  One who loathes.
• RECOMMENDATION
  1. The act of recommending. 2. That which recommends, or commends to favor; anything procuring, or tending to procure, a favorable reception, or to secure acceptance and adoption; as, he brought excellent recommendations. 3. The state of being
• IRREJECTABLE
  That can not be rejected; irresistible. Boyle.
• ATTASTE
  To taste or cause to taste. Chaucer.
• DISTASTEFUL
  1. Unpleasant or disgusting to the taste; nauseous; loathsome. 2. Offensive; displeasing to the feelings; disagreeable; as, a distasteful truth. Distasteful answer, and sometimes unfriendly actions. Milton. 3. Manifesting distaste or
• FORETASTE
  A taste beforehand; enjoyment in advance; anticipation.
• ALETASTER
  See ALECONNER
• TASTE
  by the touch, to try, to taste, LL. taxitare, fr. L. taxare 1. To try by the touch; to handle; as, to taste a bow. Chapman. Taste it well and stone thou shalt it find. Chaucer. 2. To try by the touch of the tongue; to perceive the relish
• CATASTERISM
  A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars. The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.