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A desire or wish for food.

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Usage examples (26)
  • When I feel carsick, I have absolutely no appetite.
  • Our appetite is causing the extinction of 200 species a day.
  • An appetite for life
  • His appetite is boundless, omnivorous, insatiable.
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  • No matter how big your "appetite" (hunger) is, you still can't eat a mineral like "apatite."
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