appetites
Desires for food
Appetites is the plural of appetite—a desire or craving, especially for food.
The word extends beyond hunger to any strong wanting: sexual appetites, an appetite for risk, an appetite for power.
His appetites got him into trouble.
Someone with large appetites wants much from life; someone who has lost their appetite—literal or figurative—no longer desires what once drew them.
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- pangsSudden sharp sensations
gnawing · peckish · insatiable · empty · growling · fasting · nourishment · sustenance
Strong desire for achievement
- driveOperate a vehicle
- greedExcessive desire for wealth
- avariceExcessive desire for riches
- covetousnessExcessive desire for possessions
ambition · zeal · eagerness · avidity · thirst · acquisitiveness · rapacity · power-hungry
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- urgeStrong inner drive
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
- hankeringPersistent strong desire
itch · thirst · fixation · obsession · desire · pining · coveting · lust
Intense carnal appetite
- desireIntense wanting
- passionIntense emotional drive
- libidoInnate erotic drive
- sensualOf bodily pleasure
erotic · flesh · primal · hedonism · voluptuous · amorous · ardor · concupiscence
Connoisseur of sensual pleasures
- gastronomyScience of fine dining
- palateOral cavity ceiling
- connoisseurExpert in matters of taste
- savoryAppetizing, not sweet
umami · delicacy · degustation · artisanal · farm-to-table · foodie · gourmand · refined
ravenous
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
pangs · gnawing · peckish · insatiable · empty · growling · fasting · nourishment · sustenance · feed
aspiration
Strong desire for achievement
covetousness · ambition · zeal · eagerness · avidity · thirst · acquisitiveness · rapacity · power-hungry · ruthless
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- urgeStrong inner drive
- compulsionIrresistible urge to act
hankering · itch · thirst · fixation · obsession · desire · pining · coveting · lust · neediness
lust
Intense carnal appetite
sensual · erotic · flesh · primal · hedonism · voluptuous · amorous · ardor · concupiscence · wanton
epicurean
Connoisseur of sensual pleasures
- gastronomyScience of fine dining
- palateOral cavity ceiling
- connoisseurExpert in matters of taste
savory · umami · delicacy · degustation · artisanal · farm-to-table · foodie · gourmand · refined · discerning
- preferencespreferences, prefer, likes, like, liking
- ancient mindpsyche, nous, anima, pneuma, four humors
- HobbesThomas Hobbes, Leviathan, state of nature, social contract, sovereign
appetitesrepulsions
Acts of driving away
aversions · revulsions · antipathies · dislikes · disgust
appetitessatiation
State of complete fulfillment
fullness · satiety · satisfaction · repletion · contentment
appetitesabstinence
Voluntary forgoing of indulgences
self-denial · restraint · temperance · asceticism · self-control
- loss of appetiteReduced urge to eat
- sexual appetiteDesire for physical intimacy
- whet the appetite
- insatiable appetiteDesire that cannot satisfy
- poor appetiteReduced desire for food
- appetite suppressantAgent reducing hunger urge