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Definition: Insatiable |
InsatiableAdjective1. Impossible to satiate or satisfy; "an insatiable appetite"; "an insatiable hunger for knowledge". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "insatiable" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
Etymology: Insatiable \In*sa"tia*ble\, adjective. [French expression insatiable, from Latin expression ionsatiabilis. See In- not, and Satiable.]. (references) |
Synonyms: InsatiableSynonyms: insatiate (adj), unsatiable (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: satiate (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Greed | Greedy as a hog; overeager; voracious; ravenous, ravenous as a wolf; openmouthed, extortionate, exacting, sordid, alieni appetens; insatiable, insatiate; unquenchable, quenchless; omnivorous. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Insatiable |
| English words defined with "insatiable": avarice, avaritia ♦ bulimia, Bulimy ♦ covetousness ♦ greed ♦ Insatiability, insatiably, insatiate ♦ rapacity ♦ Sateless, Stanchless ♦ unsatiable, unsatiably. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "insatiable": Behavior, Addictive ♦ Curiosity ♦ Pictures. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "insatiable": unsatiable. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Also a contempt for humanity, an inability to love or be loved, insatiable ambition - and talent (All About Eve; writing credit: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) You're quite insatiable, you're like Imelda Marcos and her shoes, but with sex (Pusselbitar; writing credit: Pernilla Oljelund) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Insatiable (1971) Insatiable Wives (1999) Sandy Insatiable (1995) The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch (1993) Insatiable Nurses (1992) | |
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| Author | Quotation |
Marcus Tullius Cicero | Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth. |
| Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth. | |
| In men of the highest character and noblest genius there generally exists insatiable desire of honor, command, power and glory. | |
Oliver Goldsmith | People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable. |
William Cowper | Visitors are insatiable devourers of time, and fit only for those who, if they did not visit, would do nothing. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Not surprisingly, training vendors have capitalized on this global and insatiable demand. (references) | |
Although ISDN already surpassed dial-up modems in transmission speed, the insatiable bandwidth demand has stipulated the pressure for broadband service. (references) | ||
Economic History | Poland | The previously insatiable demand for western goods has been replaced by more pragmatic attitudes about price and quality. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | CURIOSITY, n. An objectionable quality of the female mind. The desire to know whether or not a woman is cursed with curiosity is one of the most active and insatiable passions of the masculine soul. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Insatiable" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Insatiable" is used about 159 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 159 | 24,860 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "insatiable": insatiable person. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "insatiable"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | i pashuar (inextinguishable, quenchless, undamped, unquenchable), i pangopur (gluttonous, insatiate, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, sateless, voracious). (various references) | |
Arabic | نهم (avid, cormorant, gluttonous, gluttony, gourmand, insatiate, lickerish, open mouthed, pig, piggy, ravenous, straggling, voracious, voracity), لا يشبع. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | неутолим (inextinguishable, insatiate, quenchless, slakeless, unappeasable, unquenchable), ненаситен (avid, covetous, craving, grasping, greedy, insatiate, ravenous, sateless, slakeless, voracious). (various references) | |
Chinese | 贪心 (piggy). (various references) | |
Czech | neukojitelný (voracious), nenasytný (gluttonous, greedy, insatiate, sateless, voracious). (various references) | |
Dutch | onlesbaar. (various references) | |
Esperanto | nesatigebla. (various references) | |
Faeroese | ómettandi. (various references) | |
Farsi | سیرنشدنی . (various references) | |
Finnish | tyydyttämätön (unsatisfied), kyltymätön, kyllästymätön. (various references) | |
German | unersättlich (gluttonous, inexhaustible, insatiably, insatiated). (various references) | |
Greek | άπληστοσ (acquisitive, avid, cormorant, covetous, greedy, rapacious, voracious), ακόρεστοσ (insatiate), αχόρταγοσ (greedy, voracious). (various references) | |
Hebrew | שאינו יודע שובע. (various references) | |
Hungarian | telhetetlen (rapacious, voracious), kielégíthetetlen. (various references) | |
Indonesian | tak pernah puas. (various references) | |
Italian | insaziabile. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 飽くことを知らない . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | あくことをしらない. (various references) | |
Manx | jollyssagh (avid, greedy, immoderate, rapacious, voracious), jioogh (avid, gluttonous, greedy, voracious). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | insatiableay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | insaciável (omnivorous, sateless, unappeasable, unquenchable, voracious). (various references) | |
Romanian | insaţiabil (insatiate), nestãpânit (abandoned, beyond control, boisterous, incontinent, intemperate, irrepressible, unbroken, unrestrained, wayward), nesãtul (hungry), nesãţios (greedy, ravenous), nepotolit (unabated, unextinguishable), nemãsurat (enormous, exaggerated, huge, immensurable, incalculable, inordinate, measureless, unmeasured), lacom (avid, covetous, craving, devouringly, edacious, esurient, glutton, gluttonous, greedy, hoggish, hungry, lickerish, open mouthed, piggish, rapacious, ravenous, voracious, wishful, wolfish), avid (avid, eager, greedily, greedy, rapacious). (various references) | |
Russian | ненасытный (insatiate, sateless). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | nezasit (glutton). (various references) | |
Spanish | insaciable (insatiate). (various references) | |
Swedish | omättlig (insatiate, voracious). (various references) | |
Thai | ซึ่งไม่รู้จักพอ. (various references) | |
Turkish | açgözlü (acquisitive, avid, covetous, esurient, grabber, grasping, greedy, hoggish, open mouthed, piggish, piglike, rapacious, ravenous, voracious, vulturine, vulturous, wolfish). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ненаситний (edacious, insatiate). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | không thể thoả mân được; tham lam vô độ. (various references) | |
Welsh | anniwall. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | insatiabili, insatiabilis, profunda, profundae, profunde, profundi, profundior, profundis, profundissimum, profunditas, profundo, profundum, vorax. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Ezekiel Chapter 16, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai exeporneusaV epi taV qugateraV assour kai oud' outwV eneplhsqhV kai exeporneusaV kai ouk enepiplw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et fornicata es in filiis Assyriorum eo quod necdum fueris expleta et postquam fornicata es nec sic es satiata |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And thou hast don fornycacioun in the sones of Assiriens, for that thou was not yit fulfillid; and after that thou didist fornycacioun, nether so thou art swagid. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Thou hast played the whore also with the Assyrians, because thou wast unsatiable; yea, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldest not be satisfied. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Thou hast played the harlot also with the Assyrians, because thou wast insatiable; yes, thou hast played the harlot with them, and yet couldst not be satisfied. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And you went with the Assyrians, because of your desire which was without measure; you were acting like a loose woman with them, and still you had not enough. |
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| Language | Ezekiel Chapter 16, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Ikaw usab nakighilawas sa mga Asiriahanon, tungod kay ikaw walay pagkatagbaw; oo, ikaw nakighilawas kanila, ug bisan pa niana ikaw wala matagbaw. |
| Croatian | Tjerala si blud i sa sinovima Asira i nisi se zasitila; i s njima si blud tjerala, ali se nisi zasitila. |
| Danish | Siden bolede du med Assyrerne, umættelig som du var; du bolede med dem, men blev endda ikke mæt. |
| Dutch | Verder hebt gij gehoereerd met de kinderen van Assur, omdat gij onverzadelijk waart; ja, als gij met hen gehoereerd hebt, zijt gij ook niet verzadigd geworden. |
| Finnish | Sitten sinä harjoitit haureutta Assurin poikain kanssa, koska et voinut saada kyllääsi; ja vaikka harjoitit haureutta heidän kanssansa, et sittenkään kyllääsi saanut. |
| French | Tu t`es prostituée aux Assyriens, parce que tu n`étais pas rassasiée; tu t`es prostituée à eux, et tu n`as pas encore été rassasiée. |
| German | Darnach triebst du Hurerei mit den Kindern Assur und konntest des nicht satt werden; ja, da du mit ihnen Hurerei getrieben hattest und des nicht satt werden konntest, |
| Haitian Creole | Men moun sa yo pa t' ba ou kont plezi ou, ou kouri al jwenn moun peyi Lasiri yo. Ou kouche ak yo. Men yo menm tou, yo pa t' ba ou kont plezi ou. |
| Hungarian | S Assiria fiaival is paráználkodál, mert meg nem elégedél; paráználkodál velök, és még sem elégedél meg. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Tetapi engkau belum juga merasa puas; sebab itu kaukejar-kejar orang Asyur. Engkau menjadi pelacur mereka, tetapi tidak juga mendapat kepuasan dari mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi lalu engkau berbuat zinah dengan bani Asyur, sebab tiada engkau terpuaskan; bahkan, setelah sudah engkau berbuat zinah dengan mereka itu, tiada juga engkau puas. |
| Italian | Non ancora sazia, hai concesso i tuoi favori agli Assiri; ma non soddisfatta |
| Maori | I kairau ano koe ki nga Ahiriana, he kore hoki nou e ngata; ina, kairau ana koe ki a ratou, otiia kihai koe i ngata. |
| Norwegian | Og du drev hor med Assurs sønner, fordi du ikke var mett; du drev hor med dem og blev enda ikke mett. |
| Portuguese | Também te prostituíste com os assírios, porquanto eras insaciável; contudo, prostituindo-te com eles, nem ainda assim ficaste farta. |
| Rumanian | Apoi ai curvit cu Asirienii, pentrucq erai fqrq say; ai curvit cu ei, wi tot nu te-ai sqturat. |
| Spanish | Y como no te quedaste satisfecha, te prostituiste también con los hijos de Asiria. Te prostituiste con ellos, pero tampoco te quedaste satisfecha. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "insatiable": insatiableness, insatiablenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Insatiable" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: encashable, insaciable, insaitable, insaitiable, insatable, insatiabilis, insatialble, insatible, instiable, unstatable. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "insatiable" (pronounced i'nsā"shubul) |
| 5 | -sh u b u l | indistinguishable, appreciable, depreciable, distinguishable, negotiable, perishable, punishable, sociable, washable. |
| 4 | -u b u l | incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, acceptable, accessible, abominable, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, bankable, bearable, believable, billable, biodegradable, breakable, buildable, burnable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, digestible, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, divisible, doable, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enforceable, enjoyable, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gullible, habitable, harvestable, heritable, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immiscible, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, soluble, solvable, spendable, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, knowledgeable, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, perceptible, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, questionable, quotable, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, salable, saleable, salvageable, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, sizable, sizeable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, tunable, typeable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, wearable, winnable, workable. |
| 3 | -b u l | able, amble, assemble, babble, Babel, bauble, bible, bramble, bubble, Bumble, cable, cobble, coble, corbel, crumble, cymbal, dabble, Dibble, disable, disassemble, dissemble, double, Drabble, dribble, enable, enfeeble, ennoble, ensemble, fable, feeble, foible, fumble, gable, gamble, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, grumble, hardscrabble, herbal, hobble, humble, ignoble, immeasurable, immobile, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, stumble, symbol, table, intertribal, jumble, kibble, label, libel, marble, mislabel, mobile, mumble, nibble, nimble, noble, nonverbal, pebble, preamble, psychobabble, quibble, rabble, ramble, reassemble, rebel, redouble, relabel, resemble, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, rumble, sable, Scrabble, scramble, scribble, shamble, Sibyl, thimble, timetable, treble, tremble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tumble, turntable, umbel, unable, unscramble, unserviceable, unstable, valuable, verbal, wamble, wobble. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: banalities. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-e-i-i-l-n-s-t" | |
-1 letter: analities, stainable. | |
-2 letters: alienist, antibias, instable, labiates, litanies, satiable, sibilant, sibilate. | |
-3 letters: abelian, abelias, ablates, abstain, aiblins, albites, alibies, astilbe, bailies, banties, basinal, basinet, bastile, bestial, bialies, blastie, elastin, entails, entasia, isatine, labiate, laities, lesbian, liniest, nailset, salient, saltine, sealant, slainte, stabile, stibial, stibine, taenias, tenails. | |
-4 letters: aaliis, abates, abatis, abelia, ablate, ablest, ablins. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-b-e-i-i-l-n-s-t" | |
+2 letters: antiliberals, distrainable, libertarians. | |
+3 letters: abnormalities, administrable, amenabilities, bankabilities, reasonability, rehabilitants. | |
+4 letters: alienabilities, alloantibodies, antibacterials, antiliberalism, antimetabolics, cleanabilities, incapabilities, insatiableness, inseparability, libertarianism, navigabilities, recalibrations, stainabilities, trainabilities, verbalizations. | |
+5 letters: analyzabilities, antifashionable, antiliberalisms, antimetabolites, assignabilities, atrabiliousness, attainabilities, changeabilities, destabilization, expandabilities, insatiabilities, invariabilities, liberalizations, libertarianisms, machinabilities, manageabilities, obtainabilities, patentabilities, reasonabilities, rehabilitations, transferability, unanswerability. | |
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