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Definition of insatiable in English: insatiableadjective ɪnˈseɪʃəb(ə)lɪnˈseɪʃəb(ə)l 1(of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy. an insatiable hunger for success Example sentencesExamples - Aren't we all, too much into trivial matters and petty thinking and driven by insatiable greed?
- It's infused with desire and loss, impossible tenderness, insatiable hunger.
- So called socialist societies have been as bad as any other in helping to destroy the balance of nature in trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of humans.
- Aren't we playing up to the male libido and their insatiable desire for sex and excitement?
- The insatiable yearning to know more makes each day exciting and each discovery a gem.
- They are incensed by the Government's insatiable thirst for higher taxes and more public spending, which has failed to improve services.
- Now its pretty obvious to the average observer of this species that lurking just below the surface of an insatiable lust for money is malice.
- Once again, football's insatiable greed threatens to be its undoing.
- But his insatiable appetite for politics and getting things done was evident long before he sought elected office.
- He was accused of sacrificing all, including justice, to his insatiable ambition.
- As his relevance increases so does the insatiable yearning for their source to yield more.
- Combine this with his instinctive and insatiable appetite for success and you have a winning formula.
- It has been a busy and successful year for the explorer and it seems his insatiable appetite for doing the impossible is never-ending.
- Revived from my state of walking death, I awoke with an insatiable thirst for that world, a mad desire to recapture it in the waking hours.
- Its pure lust; an insatiable greed for pleasure on my behalf, and a hunger for self-glory and pride on hers.
- Her mother is a drug addict and has been in and out of jail for over a decade, and Megan's insatiable craving for affection is both tragic and repellent.
- Being a batsman with an insatiable hunger for runs, he will also no doubt gorge himself at the expense of bowling attacks the length and breadth of the country.
- As the months groaned by there were rumours of big price increases, insatiable thirst and catastrophic suspension failure.
- Who among us can possibly keep up with the insatiable thirst for novelty demanded and dominated by the toy industry?
- It profoundly satisfied while simultaneously creating an insatiable appetite for more.
Synonyms unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, omnivorous, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious - 1.1 (of a person) having an insatiable appetite or desire for something, especially sex.
‘You're insatiable!’ she cried as she pushed him away so insatiable a gourmand as myself Example sentencesExamples - Apparently, she was quite insatiable in the privacy of her own chamber.
- He is insatiable in the quest for honours - often putting himself through a punishing schedule.
Synonyms unquenchable, unappeasable, uncontrollable, voracious, prodigious, gluttonous, greedy, hungry, ravenous, ravening, wolfish, avid, eager, keen never satisfied, unable to be satisfied informal piggish, piggy, hoggish, swinish, gutsy British informal gannet-like rare insatiate, edacious, esurient
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French insaciable or Latin insatiabilis, from in- 'not' + satiare 'fill, satisfy' (see satiate). Definition of insatiable in US English: insatiableadjectiveɪnˈseɪʃəb(ə)linˈsāSHəb(ə)l 1(of an appetite or desire) impossible to satisfy. an insatiable hunger for success Example sentencesExamples - So called socialist societies have been as bad as any other in helping to destroy the balance of nature in trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of humans.
- But his insatiable appetite for politics and getting things done was evident long before he sought elected office.
- It's infused with desire and loss, impossible tenderness, insatiable hunger.
- Its pure lust; an insatiable greed for pleasure on my behalf, and a hunger for self-glory and pride on hers.
- Revived from my state of walking death, I awoke with an insatiable thirst for that world, a mad desire to recapture it in the waking hours.
- It profoundly satisfied while simultaneously creating an insatiable appetite for more.
- Her mother is a drug addict and has been in and out of jail for over a decade, and Megan's insatiable craving for affection is both tragic and repellent.
- Aren't we playing up to the male libido and their insatiable desire for sex and excitement?
- It has been a busy and successful year for the explorer and it seems his insatiable appetite for doing the impossible is never-ending.
- Combine this with his instinctive and insatiable appetite for success and you have a winning formula.
- As his relevance increases so does the insatiable yearning for their source to yield more.
- Now its pretty obvious to the average observer of this species that lurking just below the surface of an insatiable lust for money is malice.
- Aren't we all, too much into trivial matters and petty thinking and driven by insatiable greed?
- He was accused of sacrificing all, including justice, to his insatiable ambition.
- Being a batsman with an insatiable hunger for runs, he will also no doubt gorge himself at the expense of bowling attacks the length and breadth of the country.
- Who among us can possibly keep up with the insatiable thirst for novelty demanded and dominated by the toy industry?
- They are incensed by the Government's insatiable thirst for higher taxes and more public spending, which has failed to improve services.
- The insatiable yearning to know more makes each day exciting and each discovery a gem.
- Once again, football's insatiable greed threatens to be its undoing.
- As the months groaned by there were rumours of big price increases, insatiable thirst and catastrophic suspension failure.
Synonyms unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, omnivorous, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious - 1.1 (of a person) having an insatiable appetite or desire for something, especially sex.
Example sentencesExamples - Apparently, she was quite insatiable in the privacy of her own chamber.
- He is insatiable in the quest for honours - often putting himself through a punishing schedule.
Synonyms unquenchable, unappeasable, uncontrollable, voracious, prodigious, gluttonous, greedy, hungry, ravenous, ravening, wolfish, avid, eager, keen
Origin Late Middle English: from Old French insaciable or Latin insatiabilis, from in- ‘not’ + satiare ‘fill, satisfy’ (see satiate). |