Appetised

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To experience an increase in one's desire for food or drink while feeling eager to consume something delicious and becoming more interested in eating or drinking
2. To be in a heightened state of anticipation regarding food or drink, feeling an urge to savor something delectable alongside a keen interest in consumption
3. To cause someone to feel hungry or eager to eat food

Etymology: "Appetised" is the past tense and past participle of "appetise", the British spelling of "appetize". The verb itself is a back-formation from "appetising", the adjective that describes food or drink that stimulates the appetite. In other words, English speakers first had the adjective and then, working backwards, created the verb by stripping off the "-ing" ending as if it were the verb's own suffix. Back-formation is a common way new verbs arise in English, and "appetise" is a fairly typical example: the adjective "appetising" came first, and the verb followed from it. The chain of meaning runs the same way, since the verb carries the sense of stirring up hunger that the adjective already had.

Synonyms: enticed, tempted

Antonyms: disgusted, repulsed