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Meaning of INSATIABLE

Pronunciation:  in'seyshubul

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 Definition: [adj]  impossible to satiate or satisfy; "an insatiable appetite"; "an insatiable hunger for knowledge"
 
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 Synonyms: insatiate, quenchless, unquenchable, unsated, unsatiable, unsatiated, unsatisfiable, unsatisfied
 
 Antonyms: satiate, satiated
 

 

 

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Insatiable
Nigel Weatherby-Smythe, faithful butler to society portrait painter Jacqueline de Fidelio, follows his mistress as she journeys from Texas to Aspen to Nepal on a quest to discover who is killing the female members of the fabulously wealthy Hammond family, and why.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\In*sa"tia*ble\, a. [F. insatiable, L. ionsatiabilis.
See {In-} not, and {Satiable}.]
Not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased; very
greedy; as, an insatiable appetite, thirst, or desire.
      ``Insatiable of glory.''                 --Milton.
 
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