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insatiate

Syllables: in·sa·tiate/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪət/US/ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪt/

insatiate adjective: that is not satiated; insatiable.

Adjective

insatiate (comparative more insatiate, superlative most insatiate)

  1. (archaic, literary) That is not satiated; insatiable.
    • Light vanitie inſatiate cormorant, / Conſuming meanes ſoone praies vpon it selfe: […]1595 December 9 (first known performance), [William Shakespeare], The Tragedie of King Richard the Second. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Valentine Simmes for Androw Wise, […], published 1597...
    • Satan exalted ſat, by merit raiſ'd / To that bad eminence; and from deſpair / Thus high uplifted beyond hope, aſpires / Beyond thus high, inſatiate to pursue / Vain Warr with Heav'n, and by ſucceſs untaught / His proud imaginations thus diſplaid.1667, John Milton, “Book II”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished...

insatiate meaning in Tamil

insatiate in Tamil

எளிதில் மனத்திருப்தி கொள்ளாத, மனநிறைவடையாத, தணியாத, பேராசை கொண்ட

Examples of insatiate in a sentence

  • I shuddered to think who might be the next victim sacrificed to his insatiate revenge.1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter III, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III...
  • Then again the heaving bosom of the Mediterranean, clothes strewn along the shore, running naked into the sea while wind-exported Andalusian odors spice the insatiate night!1980, Peter De Vries, chapter 5, in Consenting Adults, or The Duchess Will Be Furious, London: Penguin, →ISBN, page 69:

Antonyms of insatiate

Forms of insatiate

comparativemore insatiate
superlativemost insatiate

Origin of insatiate

From Late Middle English insaciate, insaciat, insacyate (“insatiable”), from Latin insatiātus, from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + satiātus (“satisfied; having been satisfied”) (perfect passive participle of satiō (“to satisfy”), from satis (“enough; filled; plenty”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂- (“to satiate, satisfy”)) + -ō (suffix forming regular first-conjugation verbs)).

Words formed from insatiate

Questions about insatiate

What does insatiate mean?
Insatiate means that is not satiated; insatiable.
What is insatiate in Tamil?
Insatiate in Tamil is எளிதில் மனத்திருப்தி கொள்ளாத, மனநிறைவடையாத, தணியாத. See Insatiate meaning in Tamil.
How do you use insatiate in a sentence?
I shuddered to think who might be the next victim sacrificed to his insatiate revenge.
What part of speech is insatiate?
Insatiate is an adjective.
How do you pronounce insatiate?
Insatiate is pronounced /ɪnˈseɪ.ʃɪət/ (UK).

Words near insatiate in the dictionary

  1. insatiability
  2. insatiable
  3. insatiableness
  4. insatiables
  5. insatiably
  6. insatiate
  7. insatiately
  8. insatiateness
  9. insatiety
  10. insatisfaction
  11. insatisfactions

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Adapted from Wiktionary: insatiate (page history and authors); insatiate (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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