unslakable

Examples

• All

• The human need for drama is innate and unslakable, and I'm simply not convinced that if we all take a day to gape at the invisible balloon boy, it's "score one for our fatcat media overlords."

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• The child's unslakable curiosity led him to ask endless questions about the stars.

• You know something, Big Bird, the people that will vote for Romney really don't care about his unslakable lying.

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

Synonyms

U

unquenchable

vsunslakable

7 7.4

A strong want or need no one can satisfy

is used the same way for thirst, desire, and stubborn fires

Q

quenchless

vsunslakable

• Archaic

1 9.9

Too strong to be satisfied like thirst or curiosity

is the neutral everyday word covering those same situations

I

inextinguishable

vsunslakable

1 8.9

Impossible to stop or put out

also applies to strong want and bodily need as well as fires

U

unassuageable

vsunslakable

1 9.9

Impossible to calm or satisfy

leans more toward inability to meet intense hunger or thirst

U

unappeasable

vsunslakable

8.4

Impossible to calm or satisfy

is broader, applying equally to physical needs and burning urges

U

unsoothable

vsunslakable

• Archaic

8.7

Does not calm down no matter what you do

covers a wider idea of not being satisfied beyond just calmness

U

unrelievable

vsunslakable

9.2

Not possible to make less painful or severe

focuses instead on inability to satisfy, quench, or put out

How Quenchable

satisfied

38 1.0

thirsty

179 1.0

unsated

8.1

unslakable

9.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology