insatiate
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- adjective
- /ɪnˈseɪʃiˌeɪt/
- Literature
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insaciable
- She had an insatiate appetite for adventure, never satisfied with just one experience.
Examples
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Despite winning many awards, his insatiate ambition drove him to seek even greater challenges.
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Oh, most insatiate and luxurious woman.
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They followed to the door and gazed up, insatiate or grateful.
Fiction book (2002) -
The comic body is exaggeratedly physical, a disproportionate, profane, ill-disciplined, insatiate organism (Stott 2005: 79).
Blog text (3) -
His insatiate desire for knowledge led him to read every book in the library.
Synonyms
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Always wanting more and never feeling satisfied
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A person who is not easily satisfied and often complains
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Not possible to meet a demand or to solve a problem
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Impossible to calm or satisfy
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Too strong to be satisfied like thirst or curiosity
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Impossible to do or make happen
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Not able to be made whole or replaced
Always wanting more and never feeling content
Impossible to satisfy no matter what others do
Impossible to calm or satisfy
Antonyms
How Satisfied
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- Literature
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Insatiate comes from Latin parts in- meaning 'not' and satis meaning 'enough', and it has the same root as satisfy which means 'to make enough'. So something insatiate is 'not able to be satisfied', like a hunger or desire that never feels full.