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

I

inextinguishable

vsunslakable

1 8.9

Impossible to stop or put out

also applies to strong want and bodily need as well as 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

U

unappeasable

vsunslakable

1 8.4

Impossible to calm or satisfy

is broader, applying equally to physical needs and burning urges

U

unassuageable

vsunslakable

1 9.9

Impossible to calm or satisfy

leans more toward inability to meet intense hunger or thirst

U

unrelievable

vsunslakable

1 9.2

Not possible to make less painful or severe

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

U

unsoothable

vsunslakable

• Archaic

1 8.7

Does not calm down no matter what you do

covers a wider idea of not being satisfied beyond just calmness

How Quenchable

satisfied

12 1.0

thirsty

191 1.0

unsated

1 8.1

unslakable

1 9.1

Surface Forms

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Etymology