insatiable
not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
Origin of insatiable
1Other words for insatiable
Other words from insatiable
- in·sa·tia·bil·i·ty, in·sa·tia·ble·ness, noun
- in·sa·tia·bly, adverb
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How to use insatiable in a sentence
Hunger for information, for certainty in an uncertain time, has been insatiable.
These are the most-read Science News stories of 2020 | Cassie Martin | December 31, 2020 | Science NewsBut the prevailing emotion that day, even among us awardees, was a bemused sense of boredom, restlessness and insatiability.
His predominant quality is a passion 237 for the terrible, a kind of insatiability for wild and violent action.
The History of Modern Painting, Volume 1 (of 4) | Richard MutherHe has given too much explanation, not too little, for his mind has an insatiability for reasons.
The insatiability of these females, who may be met with in all classes of society, may become fabulous.
The Sexual Question | August Forel
Their insatiability (in contemplation) is to be understood in the sense that satiety does not make them scorn what satiates them.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 2 | Plotinos (Plotinus)Young people flitting about in droves driven by insatiability and their peculiar disease, leisure and unapplied brains.
Under the Law | Edwina Stanton Babcock
British Dictionary definitions for insatiable
insatiate (ɪnˈseɪʃɪɪt)
/ (ɪnˈseɪʃəbəl, -ʃɪə-) /
not able to be satisfied or satiated; greedy or unappeasable
Derived forms of insatiable
- insatiability, insatiableness or insatiateness, noun
- insatiably or insatiately, adverb
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