ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Insatiate

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪət/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Insatiate is an adjective meaning (archaic or literary) That is not satiated; insatiable.

Meaning

(archaic or literary) That is not satiated; insatiable.

Example Sentences

Light vanitie inſatiate cormorant, / Conſuming meanes ſoone praies vpon it selfe: […]
I shuddered to think who might be the next victim sacrificed to his insatiate revenge.
Then again the heaving bosom of the Mediterranean, clothes strewn along the shore, running naked into the sea while wind-exported Andalusian odors spice the insatiate night!
A boy of eighteen years mid myrtle-boughs / Lying love-languid on a morn of May, / Watched half-asleep his goats insatiate browse / Thin shoots of thyme and lentisk, by the spray / Of biting sea-winds bitter made and grey: […]

Synonyms for insatiate

Depending on context, synonyms include insatiable, unsatisfied, quenchless, unquenchable, unsatiable, unsatisfiable.

Antonyms for insatiate

Common opposites include satiable, satisfiable, satiate, satiated.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unsatiable, insatiable, unquenchable, quenchless, unsatisfiable, unsatisfied.

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