lose (one's) appetite

lose (one's) appetite

To no longer be hungry; to no longer have a desire or inclination to eat. Hearing the gruesome details of the murder made me lose my appetite. The news was so sobering that we all lost our appetites.

See also: appetite, lose

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lose one's appetite

to lose one's desire to eat. After that gory movie, I'm afraid I've lost my appetite.

See also: appetite, lose

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.