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Synonyms for unquenchable
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : kwench |
Phonetic Transcription : kwɛntʃ |
Top 10 synonyms for unquenchable Other synonyms for the word unquenchable
- bubbling
- clamorous
- covetous
- crying
- demanding
- desiring
- devouring
- dog-hungry
- edacious
- empty
- enthusiastic
- exigent
- gluttonous
- gorging
- gourmandizing
- grasping
- greedy
- gross
- hoggish
- importunate
- insatiate
- insuppressible
- intemperate
- never full
- omnivorous
- piggish
- piggy
- pressing
- quenchless
- ravening
- rhapsodical
- sating
- starved
- starved to death
- starving
- tumultous/tumultuous
- unappeasable
- unconstrained
- uncontainable
- uncontrollable
- uncontrolled
- unmanageable
- unquenchable
- unrestrainable
- unrestrained
- unruly
- unsatisfiable
- unsatisfied
- unstoppable
- urgent
- wolfish
- yearning
Définition of unquenchable
Origin :- late 14c., of fire; 1560s, of thirst, from un- (1) "not" + quench + -able. Related: Unquenchably.
- As in insatiable : adj voracious, wanting
- As in irrepressible : adj effervescent, vivacious
- As in voracious : adj very hungry, greedy
- As in unappeasable : adj voracious
- As in gluttonous : adj voracious
- But by an effort of his unquenchable energy he shook off this show of concern.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- It was the cry of a beaten man whose spirit is unquenchable.
- Extract from : « The Twins of Suffering Creek » by Ridgwell Cullum
- I have never seen fury so expressed or such an unquenchable spirit.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- Is it not good news that that fire is unquenchable, that that worm will not die?
- Extract from : « Out of the Deep » by Charles Kingsley
- But down to the last half-gallon, our thirst was unquenchable.
- Extract from : « Land of the Burnt Thigh » by Edith Eudora Kohl
- The flames met the falling rain as though they were unquenchable.
- Extract from : « Nan Sherwood at Pine Camp » by Annie Roe Carr
- Has He, can He have created these unquenchable longings only to tantalize them?
- Extract from : « Union And Communion » by J. Hudson Taylor
- He calls himself "teacher of the unquenchable creed, namely, egotism."
- Extract from : « Over the Teacups » by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
- They came, once she had started, in an unquenchable flood of reminiscences.
- Extract from : « To Love » by Margaret Peterson
- It was the result of a long necessity, of an unquenchable desire.
- Extract from : « Embarrassments » by Henry James
Antonyms for unquenchable
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