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Definition of Insatiable
1. Adjective. Impossible to satisfy. "His passion for work was unsatiable"
Similar to: Quenchless, Unquenchable, Unsated, Unsatiated, Unsatisfied, Unsatisfiable
Antonyms: Satiate
Definition of Insatiable
1. a. Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.
Definition of Insatiable
1. Adjective. Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire. ¹
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Definition of Insatiable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insatiable
Literary usage of Insatiable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Seneca's Morals by Lucius Annaeus Seneca (1818)
"AVARICE AND AMBITION ARE insatiable AND RESTLESS. ... Avarice is so insatiable,
that it is not in the power of liberality to content it: and our desires are ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1872)
"insatiable. Y DEAR GENERAL,—As I know it is impossible to catch you for luncheon,
come and see me at three, before I go out—Yours most sincerely, ..."
3. Eminent Women of the Age: Being Narratives of the Lives and Deeds of the by James Parton (1868)
"... was no longer right nor safe, and that slavery was an insatiable monster that
threatened not,simply the dishonor, but the utter ruin, of the country. ..."
4. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Samuel Johnson (1810)
"The man who by his labour gets His bread, in independent state, Who never begs,
and seldom cats, Himself can fix or change his fate. THE insatiable PRIEST. ..."
5. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"... profligate in his manners, and vigilant in pursuing his aims, he was insatiable
after wealth, only with a view to lavish it on his guilty pleasure. 9. ..."