English-Thai Dictionary

appetite

N ความอยาก  ความปรารถนา  appetence desire appetency khwam-yak

 

appetite

N ความอยาก อาหาร  ความกระหาย  ความหิว  khwam-yak-ar-han

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

APPETITE

n.[L. appetitus, from appeto. See Appetence. ] 1. The natural desire of pleasure or good; the desire of gratification, either of the body or of the mind. Appetites are passions directed to general objects, as the appetite for fame, glory or riches; in distinction from passions directed to some particular objects, which retain their proper name, as the passion of love, envy or gratitude. Passion does not exist without an object; natural appetites exist first, and are then directed to objects.
2. A desire of food or drink; a painful sensation occasioned by hunger or thirst.
3. Strong desire; eagerness or longing.
4. The thing desired.
Power being the natural appetite of princes.
Appetites are natural or artificial. Hunger and thirst are natural appetites; the appetites for olives, tobacco, snuff, etc. are artificial.
In old authors, appetite is followed by to, but regularly it should be followed by for before the object, as an appetite for pleasure.
To be given to appetite, is to be voracious or gluttonous. Proverbs 23:2.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

APPETITE

Ap "pe *tite, n. Etym: [OE. appetit, F. appétit, fr. L. appetitus, fr. appetere to strive after, long for; ad + petere to seek. See Petition, and cf. Appetence. ]

 

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. [Obs. ] In all bodies there as an appetite of union. Bacon.

 

5. The thing desired. [Obs. ] 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

appetite

ap pe tite |ˈapiˌtīt ˈæpəˌtaɪt | ▶noun [ usu. in sing. ] a natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, esp. for food: he has a healthy appetite | they suffered from loss of appetite. • a strong desire or liking for something: an unquenchable appetite for life. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French apetit (modern appétit ), from Latin appetitus ‘desire for, ’ from appetere ‘seek after, ’ from ad- ‘to ’ + petere ‘seek. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

appetite

ap ¦pe |tite |ˈapɪtʌɪt | ▶noun a natural desire to satisfy a bodily need, especially for food: he has a healthy appetite | [ mass noun ] : they suffered from loss of appetite. • a strong desire or liking for something: her appetite for life. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French apetit (modern appétit ), from Latin appetitus ‘desire for ’, from appetere ‘seek after ’, from ad- ‘to ’ + petere ‘seek ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

appetite

appetite noun 1 a walk sharpens the appetite: hunger, ravenousness, hungriness; taste, palate. 2 my appetite for learning: craving, longing, yearning, hankering, hunger, thirst, passion; enthusiasm, keenness, eagerness, desire; informal yen.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

appetite

appetite noun 1 a walk before lunch sharpens the appetite: hunger, ravenousness, hungriness, need for food; taste, palate; desire, relish; voracity, greed, gluttony, stomach; rare edacity, esurience. 2 my appetite for learning was insatiable: craving, longing, yearning, hankering, hunger, thirst, passion, relish, lust, love, zest, gusto, avidity, ardour; need, demand, urge, addiction, itch, ache; enthusiasm, keenness, eagerness; desire, liking, fancy, inclination, propensity, proclivity, partiality; informal yen; formal appetency. ANTONYMS aversion.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

appetite

ap pe tite /ǽpɪtàɪt / (! 強勢は第1音節 ) 〖原義は 「強い欲求 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /1 U 食欲 (!具体例ではan ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) ▸ lose [satisfy ] one's appetite 食欲をなくす [満たす ]▸ spoil [ruin ] one's appetite 食欲をなくさせる ▸ give a person an appetite 人に食欲を出させる ▸ have a huge [voracious ] appetite とても食欲がある ▸ A good appetite is the best sauce .｟ことわざ ｠食欲は最高のソースである ; 「空腹にまずいものなし 」2 C «…に対する » 欲求, 好み «for » ▸ an appetite for change 変化への欲求 ▸ sexual appetites 性的欲求 wh è t A's á ppetite «…に対して » A 〈人 〉の欲求 [食欲 ]を刺激する [そそる ] «for » .w ò rk [st ì r ] up an á ppetite 〈食物が 〉食欲をかき立てる ; «…に対して » 〈人が 〉食欲をかき立てられる «for » .