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Grammar : Adj
Spell : in-sey-shuh-buhl, -shee-uh-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈseɪ ʃə bəl, -ʃi ə-



Definition of insatiable

Origin :
  • early 15c., insaciable, from Old French insaciable (13c.), or directly from Late Latin insatiabilis "not to be satisfied," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + satiabilis, from satiare (see satiate). Related: Insatiably.
  • adj voracious, wanting
Example sentences :
  • Never again will the insatiable thirst of the fire-fiend be so pampered.
  • Extract from : « Earth's Holocaust (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • But, what could be wanting to satisfy the insatiable cravings of this woman?
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. I » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • In the background the cabby loitered, gnawed by insatiable curiosity.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • But the supply could not keep up with the insatiable demand.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • Every one knows the Don Juans and Messalinas with their insatiable appetites.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • And democracy has her own good, of which the insatiable desire brings her to dissolution?
  • Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
  • So insatiable a thing it is and so suggestive of mad fantasy.
  • Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon
  • He was an insatiable sight-seer then, and a persevering one.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • But the attempt to stop is saying "enough" to the insatiable.
  • Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
  • The man's insatiable—he has been watching the hotel in his lust for blood!
  • Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Synonyms for insatiable

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