sated

[ sey-tid ]

adjective

1. fully satisfied:

   After that deep bowl of superb salad, I left sated and content.

2. overfilled with or overexposed to something to the point of being unable to bear more; glutted, as with food, pleasure, etc.:

   Congratulations for adding flavor to an old debate being forced upon a sated populace.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of sate ¹.

Word History and Origins

Origin of sated¹

sate ¹( def ) + -ed ²( def )

Example Sentences

And any maternal instincts that I ever had, as small as they were, were absolutely sated by this character.

From Los Angeles Times

The last mile is where you gain the most elevation, so make sure you’re hydrated and sated with a power snack for that final push.

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“But I fear that they will come away sated now that they have seen the last word on the Holocaust.”

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Researchers found that once prompted, this flood of hormones continues for roughly five minutes before tapering off, enabling mothers to feed their young until they are sated or begin crying again.

From Science Daily

After an initial rendezvous or two, he was back at ease in the dating world, sated by the prospect of courting a variety of dynamic women.

From Los Angeles Times