Standard Lemma guide

insatiable

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈseɪʃ(j)əbəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈseɪʃi.əbəl/
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  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 N S EY1 SH AH0 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who or that which cannot be satiated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

impossible to satisfy

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • an insatiate appetite
  • an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore
  • his passion for work was unsatiable

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: insatiate, unsatiable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English insaciable, from Middle French insatiable, from Old French insaciable, from Late Latin insatiabilis. By surface analysis, in- + satiable.

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անկուշտ (ankušt) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Bulgarian: ненаситен (nenasiten) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Catalan: insaciable — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Chinese Mandarin: 無法滿足的 /无法满足的 (wúfǎ mǎnzú de) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貪得無厭的 /贪得无厌的 (tāndéwúyàn de) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貪心 /贪心 (tānxīn) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Czech: neukojitelný — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Danish: umættelig — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Dutch: onverzadigbaar — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Esperanto: nesatigebla — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Finnish: tyydyttämätön — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Finnish: kyltymätön — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • French: insatiable — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Galician: insaciable — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Galician: insaciábel — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Georgian: გაუმაძღარი (gaumaʒɣari) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • German: unersättlich — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκόρεστος (akórestos) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Ancient Greek: ἄπληστος (áplēstos) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Hungarian: telhetetlen — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Hungarian: kielégíthetetlen — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Irish: doshásta — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Italian: insaziabile — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Italian: incontentabile — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Japanese: 飽くことを知らない (akukoto o shiranai) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Lithuanian: nepasotinamas — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Norwegian: umettelig — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Norwegian: umetteleg — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Polish: nienasycony — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Portuguese: insaciável — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Russian: ненасы́тный (nenasýtnyj) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Sanskrit: असिन्व (asinva) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Serbo-Croatian: незаја̀жљив — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Serbo-Croatian: nezajàžljiv — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Spanish: insaciable — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Swedish: omättlig — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Tocharian B: ontsoytte — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased
  • Ukrainian: ненаситний (nenasytnyj) — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased