UNQUENCHABLE Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

unquenchable

adjective

ˌən-ˈkwen-chə-bəl

Definition of unquenchable

as in insatiable

incapable of being satisfied from a very early age she displayed an unquenchable curiosity about the natural world

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Recent Examples of unquenchable The thirst for more Summer House drama is unquenchable. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 30 Apr. 2026 His unquenchable desire to achieve has taken UConn to the brink of becoming the first team since the UCLA dynasty to win three national championships in a four-year span. — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026 This experience gave them a deep unquenchable yearning to go to Maui, but that’s an expensive destination for a single mom. — Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 25 Mar. 2026 The attack grants him immortality and an unquenchable taste for blood. — Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 13 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unquenchable

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Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Nvidia became the most valuable company because of insatiable demand for its graphics processing unit, or GPU, the primary chip used for creating and deploying artificial intelligence.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 21 July 2026
Georgia Bernstein’s unsettling directorial debut focuses on how warped and perverted those desires become when they’re taken to their insatiable extremes.

— Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 July 2026

Definition of insatiable

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Susan Lilly, the TFPD’s public information officer, tells THR that the TFPD assessed the scene for urgent life-safety concerns, such as live electrical wires near pooled water, and then ceded it to the Telluride School District.

— Aaron Couch, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2026
The announcement comes after a group of Ashaninka Indigenous leaders began meetings with federal officials in Brasilia, Brazil's capital, seeking urgent protection for their territory.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 July 2026

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Aside from virtually inextinguishable flames fueled by molten pitch, the payloads likely included toxic ingredients like camphor and arsenic.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 14 May 2026
The pride of Odysseus, the passion of Shakespeare’s lovers, and the dread facing Ivan Ilyich on his deathbed remain inextinguishable qualities of our inner lives.

— Big Think, Big Think, 28 Oct. 2025

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