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