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unappeasable

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unappeasable

1 incapable of being satisfied
  • It turned out that the public's appetite for sadistic horror movies was not unappeasable after all.
Synonyms of unappeasable

inappeasable, inextinguishable, insatiable, insatiate, quenchless, unquenchable, unslakable
Words Related to unappeasable

unappeased, unsatisfied

avid, rapacious, ravenous, voracious

demanding, exigent, importunate, insistent, urgent

clamorous, crying, pressing, yearning
Near Antonyms of unappeasable

satiate, satiated, satisfied

controlled, curbed, restrained
Antonyms of unappeasable

appeasable, extinguishable, satiable, satisfiable
2 showing no signs of slackening or yielding in one's purpose
  • He warned that the nation was dealing with an unappeasable enemy.
Synonyms of unappeasable

determined, dogged, grim, implacable, relentless, unflinching, unrelenting, unyielding
Words Related to unappeasable

persevering, persistent, tenacious

hard, hardheaded, headstrong, intractable, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-willed, stubborn, uncooperative, willful (or wilful)

merciless, ruthless, unforgiving
Near Antonyms of unappeasable

slackening, softening, yielding

impotent, invertebrate, slack, spineless, weak

complaisant, obliging, pliable, pliant

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