Intermediate 📚 Vocabulary · #574 of 1319

appetite (n.)

desire for food

Examples

  • I've lost my appetite.

Key rules

  • Appetite is the desire to eat
  • Have a good appetite, lose your appetite
  • Appetite is countable in a figurative sense

Common mistakes

  • I have lost my appetites → I have lost my appetite
💡 Tip: Describing health // Eating habits // Mealtimes
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