insatiate

[ in-sey-shee-it ]

adjective

1. insatiable:

   insatiate greed.

Other Words From

• in·sati·ate·ly adverb
• in·sati·ate·ness in·sa·ti·e·ty [in-s, uh, -, tahy, -i-tee, in-, sey, -shi-tee, -, sey, -shee-i-], noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of insatiate¹

First recorded in 1500–10, insatiate is from the Latin word insatiātus not filled. See in- ³, satiate

Example Sentences

When he had done, instead of feeling better, calmer, more enlightened by his discourse, I experienced an inexpressible sadness; for it seemed to me—I know not whether equally so to others—that the eloquence to which I had been listening had sprung from a depth where lay turbid dregs of disappointment—where moved troubling impulses of insatiate yearnings and disquieting aspirations.

From Literature

I shuddered to think who might be the next victim sacrificed to his insatiate revenge.

From Literature

But he was saved from the accursed monotony of a wealthy invalid’s life by his insatiate delight in searching for that solution of the problem of the mutability of species which time would not fail to bring.

From Project Gutenberg

How can we picture forth in this French tongue, so chaste, so icily prudish, that unbounded transport of passions, that huge and mighty debauch which feared not to mingle the double purple of wine and blood, those furious outbursts of insatiate pleasure, madly leaping toward the Impossible with all the wild ardor of senses as yet untamed by the long fast of Christianity?

From Project Gutenberg

The struggle only made the monster more insatiate, and in his wrath he tore out the banks of the lake.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• eager
• greedy
• keen
• ravenous
• starved