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Definition of insatiate in English: insatiateadjective ɪnˈseɪʃɪətɪnˈseɪʃ(i)ɪt literary Never satisfied. 〈诗/文〉永不知足的 your strong desire is insatiate 你强烈的欲望永远难以满足。 Example sentencesExamples - Bausch's bodies are mad bodies; they are transgressive bodies; they are insatiate bodies.
- The small swarthy beetle of a king, as he appears in Carle Vanloo's portrait at Versailles (not at all like Boucher's Phoebus), was insatiate.
- The insatiate savage will ever forage for more and more.
- She also tells her that it is his fondness for his son that is to blame, for, despite knowing his unrighteous desires, he has pampered and supported him in his insatiate hunger for the kingdom.
- The media lapped up the story as an insatiate dog.
Synonyms insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, omnivorous, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin insatiatus, from in- 'not' + satiatus 'filled, satisfied', past participle of satiare (see satiate). Definition of insatiate in US English: insatiateadjectiveinˈsāSH(ē)itɪnˈseɪʃ(i)ɪt literary Never satisfied. 〈诗/文〉永不知足的 your strong desire is insatiate 你强烈的欲望永远难以满足。 Example sentencesExamples - The insatiate savage will ever forage for more and more.
- She also tells her that it is his fondness for his son that is to blame, for, despite knowing his unrighteous desires, he has pampered and supported him in his insatiate hunger for the kingdom.
- The small swarthy beetle of a king, as he appears in Carle Vanloo's portrait at Versailles (not at all like Boucher's Phoebus), was insatiate.
- The media lapped up the story as an insatiate dog.
- Bausch's bodies are mad bodies; they are transgressive bodies; they are insatiate bodies.
Synonyms insatiable, unquenchable, unappeasable, prodigious, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, omnivorous, compulsive, gluttonous, greedy, rapacious
OriginLate Middle English: from Latin insatiatus, from in- ‘not’ + satiatus ‘filled, satisfied’, past participle of satiare (see satiate). |