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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In June, Apple announced price increases on MacBooks and iPads due to the memory crunch, which is being driven by insatiable demand for AI chips and servers.

— Kif Leswing, CNBC, 1 Sep. 2026
The zaobanchu during Qianlong’s reign comprised nearly one thousand artisans, who worked out of fear to serve the demands of the insatiable emperor who would sometimes dole out severe punishments, like taking away a year’s salary.

— Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of insatiable

Adjective

And the audience for those games skews young, with more than half of all avid soccer viewers aged 18-to-34, a demographic highly sought by advertisers and one that suggests NBC’s numbers could stay strong for years.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Pretti was an avid mountain biker, and the two had been planning to go biking together once the weather turned warm.

— Emily Witt, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of avid

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Now in his early nineties, Gregory (My Dinner with André, NYFF19) shows no sign of slowing down, as evidenced by this delightful, enormously moving document of his inextinguishable creative spark.

— Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
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

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