Tom usually has a glass of wine before dinner to whet his appetite.
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Whet
//ˈwɛt//
Synonyms for "whet" (201 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (100)
invigorateinvitationjazz upkey upkindleluremagnifymake complexmake sensitivenettleoilstonepaymentpercentagepersuasivepick uppiquepointprofitprovocationprovoke
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More general
4 entriesderived
5 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
75 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- حَدَّدَ verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- شَحَذَ verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Belarusian
1 entries- тачы́ць verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Bulgarian
4 entries- възбуждам verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- изострям verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- остря verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- точа verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Catalan
1 entries- esmolar verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 磨 verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Czech
4 entries- brousit verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- nabrousit verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- nabudit verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- naostřit verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Dutch
4 entries- scherpen verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- scherpen verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- slijpen verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- wetten verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Finnish
2 entries- hioa verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- teroittaa verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
French
2 entries- aiguiser verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- attiser verb (stimulate or make more keen)
German
1 entries- wetzen verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Hungarian
1 entries- köszörül verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Ingrian
1 entries- luisata verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Irish
3 entries- faobhraigh verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- géaraigh verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- géaraigh verb (stimulate or make more keen)
Italian
3 entries- affilare verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- stimolare verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- stuzzicare verb (stimulate or make more keen)
Lao
1 entries- ລັບ verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Latin
1 entries- acuō verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Luxembourgish
3 entries- schläifen verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- schäerfen verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- wetzen verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Macedonian
2 entries- остри verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- точи verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Maranao
1 entries- bagid verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Māori
2 entries- oroi verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- whakapuku verb (stimulate or make more keen)
Nuosu
1 entries- ꍚ verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Polish
2 entries- naostrzyć verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- ostrzyć verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Portuguese
4 entries- afiar verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- aguçar verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- amolar verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- estimular verb (stimulate or make more keen)
Romanian
2 entries- ascuţi verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- aţâţa verb (stimulate or make more keen)
Russian
4 entries- возбужда́ть verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- обостря́ть verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- пра́вить verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- разжигать verb (stimulate or make more keen)
Sicilian
4 entries- allisciari verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- mmulari verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- scummàttiri verb (stimulate or make more keen)
- stuzzinijari verb (stimulate or make more keen)
Slovak
4 entries- brúsiť verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- nabrúsiť verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- naostriť verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- ostriť verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Spanish
2 entries- afilar verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- estimular verb (stimulate or make more keen)
Swedish
3 entries- fila verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- skärpa verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
- slipa verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Tamil
1 entries- இடங்கம் verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Thai
1 entries- ลับ verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Ukrainian
1 entries- точи́ти verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Woiwurrung
1 entries- kirk-kirk-konak verb (hone or rub on with some substance for the purpose of sharpening)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Here is an extract to whet your appetite.
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Was the cliffhanger a downer or did it whet your appetite for more?
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No matter how the fish looks, Parola and fellow chef Tim Creehan are teaming up with Illinois state officials in a campaign to whet the public's appetite for the Asian carp. "It’s very palatable and very pleasing when you taste it," he said.
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