sexual appetite

appetite */*/ — UK [ˈæpətaɪt] / US [ˈæpəˌtaɪt] noun Word forms appetite : singular appetite plural appetites 1) [countable/uncountable] the natural feeling of wanting to eat a child with a healthy appetite The symptoms include fever and loss of appetite. All… …   English dictionary

appetite — ap|pe|tite [ æpə,taıt ] noun ** 1. ) count or uncount the natural feeling of wanting to eat: a chubby baby with a good, healthy appetite The symptoms include fever and loss of appetite. All that fresh air and exercise has given me an appetite.… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

appetite — noun 1 (U) a desire for food: a healthy appetite | lose your appetite: She has completely lost her appetite since the operation. | have a huge/big/voracious appetite (=have the ability to eat a lot of food) | spoil/ruin your appetite (=eat before …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

sexual attitudes — The erotic has always held much ambivalence for Chinese writers and commoners alike. Sexuality was regarded as a natural, pleasurable act, while also deemed a dangerous and potentially contaminating activity. From a naturalistic point of view,… …   Encyclopedia of Contemporary Chinese Culture

appetite — ap|pe|tite [ˈæpıtaıt] n [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: apetit, from Latin, past participle of appetere to try to get , from ad to + petere to look for ] 1.) [C usually singular, U] a desire for food ▪ All that walking has given me an… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

appetite — 01. I didn t have much [appetite] when I was sick, but now that I m feeling better, I m starving. 02. My son does a lot of sports, so he has quite an [appetite]. He can empty our fridge in a single meal! 03. The meal the children made didn t look …   Grammatical examples in English

Sexual harassment in education — is unwelcome behavior of a sexual nature that interferes with a student’s ability to learn, study, work or participate in school activities. In the U.S., it is a form of discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. [… …   Wikipedia

Sexual anorexia — is a term used to describe a loss of appetite for romantic sexual interaction. However, the term is used broadly and can be better defined as a fear of intimacy to the point that the person has severe anxiety surrounding sex. Other practitioners… …   Wikipedia

appetite — noun 1 desire for food ADJECTIVE ▪ big, enormous, gargantuan, good, healthy, hearty, huge, insatiable, large, ravenous …   Collocations dictionary

sexual desire — Synonyms and related words: an universal wolf, andromania, anger, animus, aphrodisia, appetence, appetency, appetite, appetition, ardency, ardor, biological urge, bodily appetite, carnal desire, choice, command, conation, conatus, concupiscence,… …   Moby Thesaurus

appetite — Synonyms and related words: Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, alacrity, an universal wolf, animation, animus, anxiety, anxiousness, appetence, appetency, appetition, appetitiveness, avidity, avidness, bent, bias, breathless impatience, canine… …   Moby Thesaurus