Antonyms for appetite
ˈæp ɪˌtaɪtap·petite

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.8 / 5 votes

1. appetitenoun

   Synonyms:
   desire, craving, longing, passion, appetency

2. appetitenoun

   Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.

   Synonyms:
   craving, appetency, desire, passion, longing

3. appetitenoun

   Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

   Synonyms:
   craving, desire, longing, appetency, passion

4. appetitenoun

   The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

   The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. --Richard Hooker.

   Synonyms:
   longing, appetency, passion, desire, craving

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.8 / 5 votes

1. appetite

   Appetite is used only of the demands of the physical system, unless otherwise expressly stated, as when we say an appetite for knowledge; passion includes all excitable impulses of our nature, as anger, fear, love, hatred, etc. Appetite is thus more animal than passion; and when we speak of passions and appetites as conjoined or contrasted, we think of the appetites as wholly physical and of the passions as, in part at least, mental or spiritual. We say an appetite for food, a passion for fame. Compare DESIRE.

   Compare ANTIPATHY.

   Antonyms:
   antipathy, aversion, detestation, disgust, dislike, disrelish, distaste, hatred, indifference, loathing, repugnance, repulsion

   Synonyms:
   appetency, craving, desire, disposition, impulse, inclination, liking, longing, lust, passion, proclivity, proneness, propensity, relish, thirst, zest

   Preposition:
   He had an insatiable appetite for the marvellous.

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 2 votes

1. appetite

   Antonyms:
   repugnance, aversion, antipathy, loathing, indifference, apathy

   Synonyms:
   passion, desire, propensity, proclivity, inclination, propension, appetency, want, craving, disposition, tendency, proneness

Matched Categories

1. • Craving

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. appetite, appetency, appetencenoun

   a feeling of craving something

   "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks

   Synonyms:
   appetence, appetency

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1. appetitenoun

   Antonyms:
   inappetency, indifference, aversion, distaste

   Synonyms:
   desire for food, hunger, desire, appetency, craving, passion, appetence

How to use appetite in a sentence?

1. Jody Thomas:

   China has a voracious appetite and will stop at nothing to feed itself, and the Arctic is one of the last domains and regions left, and we have to understand it and exploit it — and more quickly than they can exploit it, nobody would invest the kind of money inbuilding up the military capacity in the Arcticwithout reason, intent or purpose.

2. Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet:

   Your soul is oftentimes a battlefield, upon which your reason and your judgment wage war against passion and your appetite.

3. Seneca:

   Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

4. Julie Weeks:

   More women have higher levels of education and more managerial experience, more [women] are getting the appetite to move on in their careers and have charge in their own destiny and start their own businesses.

5. John Hayes:

   It's really consequential to appetite and social relations, like people have lost their sense of smell may not be able to detect if they have body odor, and can impact diet too.

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