appetite

Related to appetite: appetite suppressant, Loss of appetite

get up an appetite

To become hungry, perhaps due to strenuous activity. You must have gotten up a appetite working out in the garden for so long! For some reason, I always get up an appetite after going to a museum.
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have an appetite for (something)

1. Literally, to be hungry for a particular food. I really have an appetite for Mom's spaghetti and meatballs today.
2. To have an intense desire, yearning, or need for something. Even from a young age he had an appetite for knowledge, devouring any he could get his hands on. Growing up in such a small, secluded town, I constantly had an appetite for romance and adventure.
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lose (one's) appetite

To no longer be hungry; to no longer have a desire or inclination to eat. Hearing the gruesome details of the murder made me lose my appetite. The news was so sobering that we all lost our appetites.
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whet (one's) appetite

To induce or increase one's interest in something. The first chapter of that novel really whetted my appetite—I'm eager to read more of it tonight.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

get up an appetite

Fig. to do something to make one very hungry. (Usually in this order.) He can't seem to get up an appetite these days. Whenever I jog, I really get up an appetite.
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have an appetite for something

 
1. Lit. to have a desire to eat something in particular. I have an appetite for a nice big steak.
2. Fig. to have a desire to have, see, hear, etc., something. Bobby has a big appetite for sports and activity. Bob has no appetite for violence on television.
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lose one's appetite

to lose one's desire to eat. After that gory movie, I'm afraid I've lost my appetite.
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whet someone's appetite

Fig. to cause someone to be interested in something and to be eager to have, know, learn, etc., more about it. Seeing that film really whetted my sister's appetite for horror films. She now sees as many as possible. My appetite for theater was whetted when I was very young.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

whet one's appetite

Arouse one's interest or eagerness, as in That first Schubert piece whetted my appetite; I hope she sings some others. This idiom, first recorded in 1612, transfers making one hungry for food to other kinds of eagerness.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.

whet someone's appetite

COMMON If something whets your appetite for a particular thing, it makes you want it. Winning the World Championship should have whetted his appetite for more success. Her appetite already whetted by the book, she took a trip to England. Note: You can also say that something whets the appetite. The series is entertaining, and it certainly whets the appetite. Note: To whet a knife means to sharpen it.
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Collins COBUILD Idioms Dictionary, 3rd ed.

whet someone's appetite

stimulate someone's interest by partial revelation.
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Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

ˌwhet somebody’s ˈappetite

make somebody feel hungry; make somebody interested in something: Don’t eat too much of this dish. It’s only to whet your appetite for the main course. One of my teachers lent me a book about climbing, and it really whetted my appetite.
If you whet a knife, sword, etc., you make it sharper.
See also: appetite, whet
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • get up an appetite
  • get up a thirst
  • thirst
  • work up a thirst
  • settle down to (something)
  • limber up
  • go hungry
  • get (one's) breath back
  • get your breath back
  • work up a sweat
References in classic literature
I have watched the habits of the animal, young man; and can fearlessly pronounce, by evidence that would be thrown away on ordinary observers, that it is of vast dimensions, inactive, possibly torpid, of voracious appetite, and, as it now appears by the direct testimony of this venerable hunter, ferocious and carnivorous!"
And when his other lusts, amid clouds of incense and perfumes and garlands and wines, and all the pleasures of a dissolute life, now let loose, come buzzing around him, nourishing to the utmost the sting of desire which they implant in his drone-like nature, then at last this lord of the soul, having Madness for the captain of his guard, breaks out into a frenzy: and if he finds in himself any good opinions or appetites in process of formation, and there is in him any sense of shame remaining, to these better principles he puts an end, and casts them forth until he has purged away temperance and brought in madness to the full.
How to Retrain Your Appetite, by The Appetite Doctor, encourages readers to adopt a gentler approach to weight loss by reversing years of negative learned behaviours around food.
Zurich Insurance is launching a new app designed to help give its general risk appetite across multiple industries.
Heinrich Patrick Pentildea Domingo, officer-in-charge of the Zoological Division, said that he has ordered zoo observers to start a medical diary andnote changes in the lion's appetite and behavior.
"This is largely down to their genes; some babies are born with a hearty appetite, want to feed regularly, and are more demanding about being fed.
At all follow-up points after the procedure, all patients reported decreased appetite: 17, 30, and 53 percent reported somewhat less appetite, much less appetite, and very much less appetite, respectively.
But often, an appetite can come back even when we have eaten enough.
Citing 'healthy market appetite,' the Treasury sold P9 billion in 91-day IOUs at 2.233 percent; P6 billion in 182-day at 2.519 percent; and P5 billion in 364-day at 2.849 percent.
According to previous studies, the most pronounced mild adverse events are insomnia and reduced appetite, with a respective frequency of 90% and 79%.
Phenylalanine is an amino acid produced in the gut when protein is digested and has previously been shown to affect the release of gut hormones that reduce appetite in rodents.
Discuss risk appetite within the appropriate context.
TEHRAN (FNA)- A drug that targets the appetite control system in the brain could bring about significant weight loss in people with clinical obesity, according to new research.
Data were collected with Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-PSQI and Questionnaire Form about socio-demographic characteristics and appetite. Biochemical findings were obtained; food consumption for three consecutive days was recorded.