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insatiate

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪət/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪ.ət/
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  • General-American: /ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪt/
  • General-American: /ɪnˈseɪ.ʃi.ɪt/

1

adj

Meaning 1

That is not satiated; insatiable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: archaic, literary

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: satiable, satisfiable

2

adjective

Meaning 2

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: insatiable, unsatiable

Antonyms: satiate

History

Etymology

From Late Middle English insaciate, insaciat, insacyate (“insatiable”), from Latin insatiātus, from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + satiātus (“satisfied; having been satisfied”) (perfect passive participle of satiō (“to satisfy”), from satis (“enough; filled; plenty”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh2- (“to satiate, satisfy”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).