Synonyms for insatiate
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : in-sey-shee-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈseɪ ʃi ɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for insatiate Other synonyms for the word insatiate
- athirst
- avaricious
- avid
- carnivorous
- clamorous
- close
- close-fisted
- could eat a horse
- covetous
- craving
- crying
- demanding
- desiring
- desirous
- devouring
- eager
- edacious
- empty
- esurient
- exigent
- famished
- famishing
- flying light
- gluttonous
- gobbling
- gormandizing
- got the munchies
- grabby
- grasping
- greedy
- grudging
- gulping
- guzzling
- hankering
- hoggish
- hollow
- hungered
- hungry
- impatient
- importunate
- intemperate
- itchy
- miserly
- niggardly
- omnivorous
- on empty stomach
- parsimonious
- pennypinching
- penurious
- piggish
- predatory
- prehensile
- pressing
- quenchless
- ravening
- selfish
- starved
- starved to death
- starving
- stingy
- swinish
- tight
- tight-fisted
- unappeasable
- unfilled
- unquenchable
- unsatisfiable
- unsatisfied
- wolfish
- yearning
Définition of insatiate
Origin :- mid-15c., insaciate, from Latin insatiatus "unsatisfied," from in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + satiatus, past participle of satiare (see satiate).
- As in insatiable : adj voracious, wanting
- As in ravenous : adj very hungry; desirous
- As in piggish : adj greedy
- As in greedy : adj desiring excessively
- As in hungry : adj starving; desirous
- I too, like all the rest, am insatiate of riches, only in one respect I fancy I am different.
- Extract from : « Cyropaedia » by Xenophon
- The boy was insatiate when the plains were under discussion.
- Extract from : « The Eagle's Heart » by Hamlin Garland
- George partook sparingly of supper, while Zeb's appetite was as insatiate as ever.
- Extract from : « The Ranger » by Edward S. Ellis
- Cakes in this world will grow by being fed on, if only the feeder be not too insatiate.
- Extract from : « Framley Parsonage » by Anthony Trollope
- But what bounds can be set to the insatiate greed of these women?
- Extract from : « Cleopatra, Complete » by Georg Ebers
- The satiated, and the insatiate, appetite alike appeal to extremes.
- Extract from : « The Ordeal of Richard Feverel, Complete » by George Meredith
- Why this insatiate ambition on his part in an age of unbelief?
- Extract from : « The Inside of the Cup, Complete » by Winston Churchill
- For a while the figure of Dido is that of happy, insatiate passion.
- Extract from : « Stray Studies from England and Italy » by John Richard Greene
- Moreover, I had an insatiate longing to make something of myself.
- Extract from : « The Knickerbocker, Vol. 57, No. 1, January 1861 » by Various
- Their appetite for rapine was insatiate, unrestrained, and irresistible.
- Extract from : « The Ethnology of Europe » by Robert Gordon Latham
Antonyms for insatiate
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