Insatiable
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ɪnˈseɪʃ(j)əbəl/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Insatiable is an adjective meaning Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.
Meaning
Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.
More Meanings
- One who or that which cannot be satiated.
Example Sentences
Such an appointment would realize my fondest dreams. But no, at any sacrifice, I must set bounds to my insatiable ambition!
The girls are constantly reshuffled into new permutations in order to feed the J-pop market's insatiable demand for fresh looks and faces.
Guestling, who adds an insatiable jealousy to his other domestic virtues, vetoed the new acquaintance and thenceforward the two met hurriedly and furtively in town.
Hugo, in a fine frenzy, threatens to depose the Sacristan, to do this and do that; but, in the mean while, how to quiet your insatiable Jew? Hugo, for this couple of hundreds, grants the Jew his bond for four hundred payable at the end of four years. (...) Neither yet is this insatiable Jew satisfied or settled with: he had papers against us of 'small debts fourteen years old;' his modest claim amounts finally to 'Twelve hundred pounds besides interest'
Word Forms
- insatiables
Synonyms for insatiable
Depending on context, synonyms include unsatisfied, quenchless, insatiate, unquenchable, unsatiable, unsatisfiable.
Antonyms for insatiable
Common opposites include satiate, satiated.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include unsatiable, insatiate, unquenchable, quenchless, unsatisfiable, unsatisfied.
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