appetite

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I feel like my appetite is a lot different, that, depending on what I'm eating, I lose interest in what I'm eating long before I finish it.

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  1. noun An instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink.
  2. noun A strong wish or urge: an appetite for learning.

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  • Toss in a few from indigenous traders and there's enough to cover the considerable terrain, though whether it sates the appetite is another matter. —  Edge Online - Interactive Entertainment Today
  • So the appetite is there, but no-one seems to know how exactly this stuff will get to market. —  mocoNews
  • These celebrity television appearances and coming out of the closet moments have proven positive motivation for towards the enemy's ultimate goal and to the dismay of the Body of Christ, but what's more palatable to his appetite is the parade of failed heterosexual marriages. —  Gay Christian Movement Watch
  • I feel like my appetite is a lot different, that, depending on what I'm eating, I lose interest in what I'm eating long before I finish it. —  Tiny Cat Pants
  • Appetite Suppression - Suppressing the appetite is a really good way to lose weight, because having a huge appetite stops us from doing so many other things that could help us lose weight, like sticking to our diet and exercising regularly. —  Article Source
 

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desire ·  hunger ·  lust ·  ambition ·  curiosity ·  crave ·  impulse ·  affection ·  taste ·  inclination ·  imagination ·  temper

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appetite:   appetites
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  1. Middle English apetit, from Old French, from Latin appetītus, strong desire, from past participle of appetere, to strive after : ad-, ad- + petere, to seek; see pet- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English appetit, apetite, from Old French appetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, desire for, from appetere, adpetere, past participle appetitus, long for, desire: see appete, appetent.
  2. from appetite, n.
 

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