insatiable

in-SAY-shuh-buladj

Meaning impossible to satisfy; always wanting more

Memory hook never SATIsfied: in-SATI-able. Ivy has eaten a whole stack of pancakes and still is not satisfied: “More!” Her appetite is insatiable.

The puppy had an insatiable appetite for tennis balls.

In context Lila’s curiosity was insatiable; after reading every book about volcanoes in the school library, she asked the librarian to order more.

Similar unquenchable, voracious, unappeasable

Opposite satisfied, content

From Latin insatiabilis: in- (not) + satiare (to fill, satisfy), from satis (enough).

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