APPETENT Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

appetent

adjective

Definition of appetent

as in longing

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Adjective

Werther, in his self-delusion, embodies another Goethean type, the longing man—ordinary, but convinced of the extraordinariness of his feelings.

— Merve Emre, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025

Definition of longing

Adjective

Core to that narrative is Wever’s character, the highly ambitious (and fictional) producer Andie Bender, Hansen’s right-hand woman.

— Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026
The mission set the stage for more ambitious flights to follow, including docking missions and flights to small Tiangong space labs that ultimately led to the construction of China's Tiangong space station in orbit today.

— Tariq Malik, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of ambitious

Adjective

Starring Elordi and Barry Keoghan, Fennell’s dark comedy about class resentment and covetous destruction was sold on the promise of erotic excess.

— Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Feb. 2026
For most players, that amount of storage is realistically enough for all but the most covetous data hoarders.

— Matt Kamen, Wired News, 3 Aug. 2025

Definition of covetous

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There are many ways to become obsessed with life’s frame rate, with the varying speed of an action and the way that time can be sliced or spun in the presentation.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2026
As the war wound down, Olivier was becoming more obsessed with directing, often counting on Leigh as his cultured, measured adviser.

— Hadley Hall Meares, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of obsessed

Adjective

In Carey's video, which now sits at over 1 million views, a grid of round RYE loaves is the only art hung up on a greyish, beige wall inside.

— Owen Carry, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2026
Another letter cited in the trial referred to a phone call between the siblings in which Diana hung up on her brother.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of hung up

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