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to sate

to sate

11 6.2
To fully satisfy a need like hunger or curiosity
  • verb
  • /seɪt/
translation icon : saciar
  • Yet I cannot be sated without you.
  • sated desire

Just a little juice glass, you know, and we would eat and talk and catch up and until everyone was completely sated.

Examples

  • We left the Gardens sated, happy, and on a sugar high.

    Blog text (24)
  • And suddenly I was sated.

  • I hope that is sufficient to sate your curiosity for now, David.

    Blog text (15)
  • Its appetite for blood had been sated, and now it was ready for battle

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Let us hope his hunger has been sated.

  • Our appetite was sated.

  • Since taking over Gotham, I've created the perfect city, and yet I'm still not sated.

  • I skated off the rink and began to undress, exhausted but strangely and pleasantly sated.

    Academic text (1999)
  • He tried to sate his hunger with a large meal at the restaurant.

  • Reading a great book can sate my desire for adventure and excitement.

Synonyms

to satisfy
vsto sate
172 2.0

Make someone happy by meeting their need or wish

is stronger implying complete filling rather than general fulfillment
to indulge
vsto sate
68 4.3

To allow yourself to enjoy something pleasant, often more than needed

is about satisfying fully rather than permitting or enjoying excess
to content
vsto sate
18 4.6

To make yourself or someone else satisfied with something

is stronger meaning complete filling rather than calm acceptance
to hit the spot
vsto sate
  • Informal
11 5.1

To meet a need exactly, especially hunger or thirst

is about filling completely rather than giving just a precise fit
to gratify
vsto sate
11 4.6

To please someone or make them feel happy

is about filling a desire completely rather than simply giving pleasure
to fill up
vsto sate
10 1.9

Eat until you cannot eat any more

is general filling of appetite or desire not only eating
to satiate
vsto sate
9 7.1

To make someone feel they have had enough to eat or drink

is fully satisfying without implying going beyond enough
to get my fill
vsto sate
3 6.6

Have enough of something so you do not want more

is general and not limited to a personal first person viewpoint
to slake
vsto sate
3 9.0

To satisfy a need, especially thirst

is general satisfaction of desires not limited to quenching thirst
to get one's fill
vsto sate
  • Informal
3.7

Have as much of something as you want until you feel satisfied

is about filling completely rather than precise or partial satisfaction

Antonyms

328 1.7

To be very hungry and possibly die from no food

To make someone unhappy because something does not meet their needs or wants

How Satisfied

to gorge
12 5.9
to sate
11 6.2
to satisfy
172 2.0
to stuff
243 2.0

Surface Forms

sate infinitive
sating present participle
sates third person singular
sated past
sated past participle

Etymology

The word sate comes from the Latin word satis, which means 'enough'. So to sate someone is to give them enough, to fully fill or satisfy a hunger or desire, just like satisfy or satiate.