insatiable

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insatiable

/ɪnˈseɪʃ(j)əbəl/ UK
/ɪnˈseɪʃi.əbəl/ UK

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

adjective more insatiable · most insatiable

Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very greedy. Hugo, in a fine frenzy, threatens to depose the Sacristan, to do this and do that; but, in the mean while, how to quiet your insatiable Jew? Hugo, for this couple of hundreds, grants the Jew his bond for four hundred payable at the end of four years. (...) Neither yet is this insatiable Jew satisfie

noun insatiables

One who or that which cannot be satiated.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: unsatiable, insatiate, unquenchable, quenchless, unsatiated, unsatisfiable, unsatisfied, unsated, inexhaustible, unlimited, limitless, boundless, unmet, restless, greedy, voracious

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adj not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased

Español	insaciable
日本語	飽くことを知らない akukoto o shiranai
中文	無法滿足的 /无法满足的 wúfǎ mǎnzú de, 貪得無厭的 /贪得无厌的 tāndéwúyàn de, 貪心 /贪心 tānxīn
Português	insaciável
Français	insatiable
Deutsch	unersättlich
Italiano	insaziabile, incontentabile
Русский	ненасы́тный nenasýtnyj
العربية	نَهِيم nahīm, نَهِم nahim, جَشِع jašiʕ, شَرِه šarih

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@misc{insatiable_2026,
  title = {insatiable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/insatiable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}