appetent

adjective

Definition of appetentnext
as in longing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appetent
  1. ambitious
  2. covetous
  3. obsessed
  4. happy
  5. hung up
Adjective
  • De Bruyne is an ambitious target for a club that will make its professional debut in 2025.
    Jeff Rueter, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Meanwhile, the story goes, China is powering ahead, pairing ambitious economic and diplomatic agendas with a massive military expansion while the United States staggers under the weight of inequality, stagnating wages, legislative gridlock, political polarization, and populism.
    Jude Blanchette, Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
Definition of ambitious
Adjective
  • Those include a daffy retriever, a headstrong capybara, a covetous lemur and a mysterious bird, as well as glimpses of more fantastical creatures.
    Jack Smart, People.com, 5 Jan. 2025
  • No actor has played him with as much reptilian cruelty and covetous flair as Andrew Scott, either.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of covetous
Adjective
  • Some in the Mar-a-Lago orbit were obsessed with details, but, as one outside adviser put it, were more obsessed about booking a lunch or dinner, hoping to bump into the president-elect to lobby for jobs.
    Jennifer Jacobs, CBS News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • And these years in Philadelphia proved troubled ones: As the city’s industrial life was hollowed out, Lynch became obsessed with its factory smokestacks and pervasive smog.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of obsessed
Adjective
  • Yet Nova stands out because of the juxtaposition of happy revelers — mostly young and dedicated to peace and harmony — with the deadly rampage.
    Karen-Janine Cohen, Sun Sentinel, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Our relationship is much happier and healthier because of it.
    Christina Crawford, Parents, 16 Jan. 2025
Definition of happy
Adjective
  • Caroline Ouko hung up and hurried over to get him on March 3, but soon noticed about 12 police officers arrayed across her front yard in the Richmond suburbs with stun guns drawn.
    Salvador Rizzo, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • Still, so many of us are so hung up on trying to force an outcome in our love lives.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2023
Definition of hung up
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