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APPETENCE

Dictionary entry overview: What does appetence mean?

• APPETENCE (noun)
The noun APPETENCE has 1 sense:

1. a feeling of craving something

Familiarity information: APPETENCE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• APPETENCE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A feeling of craving something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

appetence; appetency; appetite

Context examples:

an appetite for life / the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible

Hypernyms ("appetence" is a kind of...):

craving (an intense desire for some particular thing)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "appetence"):

stomach (an appetite for food)

sweet tooth (a strong appetite for sweet food)

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