unstanchableadj.
1. Incapable of being stopped or ended.
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the world > time > duration > eternity or infinite duration > [adjective]
echec825
echelichc825
endlessc888
lastinga1225
everlastingc1225
perdurablec1275
perpetuala1325
unendeda1325
incorruptiblea1340
ay-lastingc1340
inlastingc1340
eternec1366
interminablec1374
unstanchablec1374
ever-duringa1382
eternalc1386
sempitern1390
never-failinga1400
sempiternal14..
ever-being?a1425
ever-durable?a1425
immarcescible?a1475
perennal?c1500
deathless1547
everlastable1548
incessant1557
unperishing1561
undeterminable1581
evera1586
unendlya1586
inexterminable1592
never-ending?1592
aeviternal1596
dateless1597
undecaying1599
entombless1601
perishless1605
ageless1609
continual1610
perpetuous1612
imperible1614
ne'er-endinga1616
out-date1623
undated1624
perennious1628
immortal1630
imperishable1648
birthless1651
fadeless1652
sempiternous1653
evergreen1655
intemporal1656
indefectible1659
inconclusible1660
unending1661
aeonian1664
unfading1665
sempervirent1668
amaranthal1674
ne'er-dying1693
perennial1717
timeless1742
indefeatablea1754
amaranthine1782
aeonial1800
unterminating1821
unevanescent1827
ay1845
forever1879
sempervirid1909
the world > action or operation > continuing > [adjective] > continuous or without stop or pause (of action) > not able to be stopped
unstanchablec1374
stayless1578
stintless1587
unstayable1633
unstoppable1836
unarrestable1855
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. vii. 58 By þe regard of eternite, þat is vnstauncheable [L. inexhausta] and infinit.
1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1558) viii. xvii. 12 With heed enclyned no word he spake again, Fyll in wepinge, with subbyng vnstaunchable.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxiii. 6) Gods goodnesse is unstaunchable.
1670 J. Swan Speculum Mundi (ed. 4) ix. §1. 489 The wounds of the Hæmorrhois procure unstanchable bleeding.
1837 T. Carlyle Diamond Necklace xvi, in Fraser's Mag. Feb. 189/1 He burst into unstanchable blubbering of tears.
1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare (ed. 2) i. 51 That perpetual source of debate unstanchable and inexhaustible dispute.
2. Unquenchable, insatiable.
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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
1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 13053 Evere ther glotons appetyt Ys so ful off ffals delyt, So gredy and so vnstaunchable.
c1430 Pilgr. Lyf Manhode (1869) iii. xiv. 142 Vnstaunchable is my wille;..my affeccioun may haue no fulfillinge.
1440 J. Shirley Cron. Dethe James Stewarde (1818) 25 Consideryng his unstaunchable covetise.
1590 Serpent of Deris. A iij b/2 His greedy unstancheable thirste of covetousnes.
1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe v. xxxii. §3. 307 The flames of..ill~kindled loue..hath caused his stonie heart to boyle over with vnstaunchable bloudie malice.
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