sate

1
as in to gorge
to fill with food to capacity I sated myself with an array of decadent offerings from the dessert table

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2
as in to satisfy
to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire) a huge meal that should have sated everyone's hunger

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How is the word sate different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of sate are cloy, glut, gorge, pall, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

When could cloy be used to replace sate?

While in some cases nearly identical to sate, cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

When can glut be used instead of sate?

The words glut and sate are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

When would gorge be a good substitute for sate?

While the synonyms gorge and sate are close in meaning, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When is it sensible to use pall instead of sate?

Although the words pall and sate have much in common, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

Where would surfeit be a reasonable alternative to sate?

The words surfeit and sate can be used in similar contexts, but surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

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Recent Examples of sate Not sated by that answer, another attendee asked him to name a favorite role. Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Mar. 2025 Dining Whatever your palate, you’ll be happily sated during your stay at Le Meridien Maldives. Sandra MacGregor, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 True to form, Trump responded by mostly going on a tangent about lobbyists, and Von seemed sated enough to not quite follow up. Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024 Our curiosity over Natalia Grace should be well sated by now. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sate
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  • Rubinoff has already brought several into the lab, where the caterpillars can gorge themselves on Drosophila pupae with no fear of spiders interrupting the feast.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 24 Apr. 2025
  • For Now While central banks abroad accelerate, private tokens at home are gorging on the vacuum.
    Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
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  • Interviews with the soldiers and Russian opinion surveys show that such a truce would also fail to satisfy a large part of Russian society.
    Anatoly Kurmanaev, New York Times, 17 May 2025
  • Designed to satisfy North American tastes, Nutella Peanut will blend the traditional creamy recipe from 1964 with the flavor of roasted peanuts.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
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  • The marinated turkey or chicken is stuffed into a French roll intended to soak up the recipe’s recaudo or marinade, along with slices of tomato, cucumber, radishes and sprigs of watercress.
    Daniel Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • So many dogs were stuffed into the small Woodside home Thursday morning that some were found cowering in closets and kitchen cupboards, said officials from Animal Care Centers of NYC, who rescued the animals with the ASPCA.
    Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 10 May 2025
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  • Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Government intervention is what got us into this pharma glut in the first place.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 28 Feb. 2025
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  • But surfeited with at-home entertainment options, former subscribers are preferring the flexibility of single-ticket sales.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
  • Theatergoers, surfeited with entertainment options at home, have been less inclined to commit to season subscriptions, placing more pressure on programming to come up with sure-fire hits.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
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  • The agency, whose fewer than 1,900 federal employees oversee the more than 60,000 contractors who build and maintain the U.S. nuclear arsenal, has struggled to fill crucial safety roles.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 19 May 2025
  • Located on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula, Seward is also the gateway to Kenai Fjords National Park, and the downtown is filled with murals and various art galleries.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2025

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“Sate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sate. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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