unsatisfiableadj.
1. Incapable of being satisfied.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adjective] > unsatisfied > insatiable
unfillinga1300
unfillablea1340
unsatiable1382
insatiablea1420
insaturablec1425
unstanchable1426
insatiate1509
unsatiate1528
unsaturable1535
unquenchable1538
unsatisfiable1539
quenchless1557
unpleasable1561
inexpleble1569
slakeless1596
abarstic1623
sateless1628
unexpliable1658
voracious1712
omnivorous1791
unslakable1820
appeaseless1837
unsatable1850
'satiable1900
1539 R. Taverner Second Bk. Garden of Wysdome sig. D.ij Onles thou haddest been an euyll man & with money vnsatisfiable.
1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation To Rdr. sig. ** Aduisedly weigh..the impossible satisfaction of vnsatisfiable expectation.
1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 76 An unsatisfiable minde and greedy covetousnesse.
1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 60 Their envy and ambition are restless and unsatisfiable.
1802 W. Paley Nat. Theol. xxvi, in Wks. (1834) 545/1 Well-directed tastes and desires, compared with the dominion of..unsatisfied, and unsatisfiable passions.
1896 Duke of Argyll Philos. Belief 544 The unsatisfied, and apparently unsatisfiable, desires of men.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > unpardonableness > [adjective]
irremissible1413
uncleansable?c1475
impardonable1523
unpardonable1525
inexcusable1526
unforgivable1548
unexcusable1550
pardonless1567
inexpiable1570
unreclaimable1574
irremittable1587
unremissible1593
unsatisfiable1593
unexpiable1606
excuseless1611
anapologetic1614
unsalvable1624
pretenceless1641
unpalliable1672
unatonable1689
redemptionless1799
irredeemablea1834
society > morality > moral evil > wickedness > [adjective] > unpardonable or inexpiable
irremissible1413
uncleansable?c1475
impardonable1523
unpardonable1525
inexcusable1526
unforgivable1548
unexcusable1550
pardonless1567
inexpiable1570
irremittable1587
unremissible1593
unsatisfiable1593
unexpiable1606
excuseless1611
anapologetic1614
pretenceless1641
unatonable1689
1593 G. Harvey New Let. Notable Contents B 3 b The more notorious the offence, and the more vnsatisfiable the Iniurie was.
1648 E. Symmons Vindic. King Charles (new ed.) 166 Until we have quite destroyed him, whom we hate,..for those unsatisfiable wrongs, which ourselves have done him.
Derivatives
unˈsatisfiableness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [noun] > unsatisfiedness > quality of being insatiable
unsatiableness1541
insatiableness1647
unsatisfiableness1647
insatiability1654
abarcy1730
1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 John ii. 17) There is a curse of unsatisfiablenesse lies upon the creature.
1664 N. Ingelo Bentivolio & Urania: 2nd Pt. vi. 350 [Appetites which] do gall the Soul by a ravenous unsatisfiableness.
unˈsatisfiably adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > uneasy or restless desire > [adverb] > insatiably
insatiately1509
unsatiably1541
insatiably1576
inexplebly1615
unsatisfiablya1651
a1651 N. Culverwell Panting Soul in Elegant Disc. Light of Nature (1652) ii. 70 The Hart pants unsatisfiably after the water brooks.
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