insatiable
insatiable
Definition
in·sa·tiable (in sā′s̸hə bəl, -s̸hē ə-)
in·sa′·tiabil′·ity noun
in·sa′·tiably adverb
insatiable
Synonyms
insatiable
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- appetite: An insatiable appetite for learning resulted in her securing a place at Leeds College of Music.
- thirst: They have an insatiable thirst for anything made of gold or silver.
- curiosity: He had an insatiable curiosity about everything he came into contact with.
- hunger: Driven only by an insatiable hunger for human flesh.
- lust: Yet in the end, his noble qualities were subsumed by his insatiable lust for glory.
- craving: His hunger becomes an insatiable craving: the more he eats, the more he wants, and the stronger he becomes.
Modifying Another Word
- seemingly: My need to be loved by a man was seemingly insatiable.
- apparently: A card is selected and the apparently insatiable vacuum removes the ink from its face.
- almost: The almost insatiable worldwide appetite for prawns has resulted in a booming of the prawn farming industry in several tropical regions.
Used with adjective complement
- become: More celebrities have been created by the media and the appetite of the public to access modern celebrity culture has become insatiable.
- seem: The reason why the age of abundance has not arrived even in the developed Western world is that human wants seem insatiable.
- prove: January turned out to be a preview of the broadcast: " The appetite for land proved insatiable.
Browse dictionary entries near insatiable
- insanity defense
- insanity
- insanitary
- insanely
- insane
- insalubrious
- insalivate
- ins
- inrush
- inroad
- insatiate
- inscape
- inscribe
- inscription
- inscrutable
- inseam
- insect
- insectarium
- insecticide
- insectifuge
