appetite
/ˈapɪtʌɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈapɪtʌɪt/
appetite
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
ap - pe - tite -> appetite
Myanmar meaning
(n) စားချင်စိတ်။ အာသာ။ ရမ္မက်။ တဏှာ။ ဆန္ဒ။ အလို။ တောင့်တမှု။ အာသီသ။
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(က) [U, C usu sing ] စားချင်စိတ်။ အာသာ။ ရမ္မက်။ တဏှာ။
When I was sick I completely lost my appetite. ❍ Don't spoil your appetite by eating snacks before meals. ❍ The long walk has given me a good appetite. ❍ a person of gross sexual appetites.
(ခ) [C] ~ (for sth) ဆန္ဒ။ အလို။ တောင့်တမှု။ အာသီသ။
He had no appetite for the fight. ❍ The preview was intended to whet your appetite. ❍ He has an amazing appetite for hard work.
More examples
- A child with a healthy appetite
- The symptoms include fever and loss of appetite.
- All that fresh air and exercise has given me an appetite.
- [spoil/ruin your appetite] : Don’t have any more chocolate – it’ll spoil your appetite (=make you want to eat less at the next meal).
- [work up an appetite] : Ella had worked up an appetite in the gym.
- [appetite for] : The public’s appetite for celebrity gossip seems insatiable.
- [sexual appetite] : He is portrayed as having an immense sexual appetite.
Synonyms
hunger, craving, taste, need to eat, desire for food, appetence, appetency, appetition, big eyes, demand, desire, eagerness, enthusiasm, fondness, gluttony, greed, hankering, hungriness, inclination, itch, keenness, liking, longing, lust, passion, penchant, proclivity, propensity, ravenousness, relish, soft spot, stomach, sweet tooth, thirst, urge, voracity, weakness, willingness, wish, worldly goods, yearning, yen, zeal, zest
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