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unquenchable

unquenchable

7 7.4
A strong want or need no one can satisfy
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈkwɛnʧəbl/
: inextinguible
  • But it requires a sizeable populace with an unquenchable thirst to be a free people.
  • an unquenchable thirst

OK, I get this, you know, so it's an unquenchable thirst.

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Examples

  • However, with seemingly unquenchable demand, competition escalated quickly.

    Academic text (2018)

  • You have the soul of an adventurer, the unquenchable thirst for all life has to offer, good and-- and bad.

    Casanova (2015)

  • Once again, man challenges the unknown, offering another example of an unquenchable desire for knowledge.

    The Incredible Melting Man (1977)

  • Its mood is one of unquenchable optimism.

    Academic text (1991)

  • But deep in man's heart still burned The unquenchable will for freedom.

    Samson and Delilah (1949)

  • I felt an unquenchable thirst that only strong drink could satisfy.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • And consumerism is obviously an unquenchable thirst.

    The Minimalists

  • The stone in Koop's heart began to fragment, to be replaced by a cold, unquenchable anger.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • Through his background and unquenchable thirst for knowledge, he became the most sought-after music teacher in Syria.

    Blog text (27)

  • Her unquenchable thirst for knowledge drove her to read every book in the library.

Synonyms

inextinguishable
vsunquenchable
1 8.9

Impossible to stop or put out

also covers unending wanting not only physical extinguishing
unslakable
vsunquenchable
1 9.1

Too strong to satisfy, stop, or put out

is a broader term covering both wanting and being unable to be extinguished
quenchless
vsunquenchable
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Too strong to be satisfied like thirst or curiosity

includes both inability to be satisfied and inability to be extinguished
unsatisfiable
vsunquenchable
1 7.9

Not possible to meet a demand or to solve a problem

also implies inability to be extinguished as well as satisfied
unappeasable
vsunquenchable
1 8.4

Impossible to calm or satisfy

focuses on inability to be extinguished or satisfied not just emotion
unassuageable
vsunquenchable
1 9.9

Impossible to calm or satisfy

is less about physical fire and more about lasting feeling or need
unsatiable
vsunquenchable
1 9.9

Always wanting more and never feeling content

is broader covering wanting and things that cannot be extinguished

Antonyms

satisfiable
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Able to be made true, for example a logical formula

How Quenchable

satisfied
12 1.0
satisfiable
  • Specialized
1 7.7
unquenchable
7 7.4

Surface Forms

unquenchable positive

Morphology

unquenchable = quenchable (transparent) = un + quench + able

Formed by productive negation 'un-' applied to the adjective 'quenchable' (quench + -able); the meaning 'not able to be quenched' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Unquenchable is made from un- meaning 'not' and quench meaning 'to put out', as when you quench a fire or a thirst. So something unquenchable cannot be 'put out' or satisfied, like a thirst or desire that never ends.