insatiate
Perpetually craving more
Insatiate means incapable of being satisfied—a more emphatic and literary variant of insatiable.
An insatiate appetite never finds enough.
An insatiate conqueror keeps seizing territory.
Death's insatiate maw devours all.
The word appears mostly in formal or poetic contexts, where its extra syllable adds weight.
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
- gluttonousExcessively fond of eating
devouring · wolfish · omnivorous · gorging · feasting · gobbling · guzzling · consuming
Desiring material gain
- avariciousExcessively desirous of wealth
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
- rapaciousExcessively grasping or greedy
mercenary · hoarding · possessive · selfish · materialistic · consumerist · money-grubbing · grabby
Intense prolonged craving
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- hankeringPersistent strong desire
thirsting · burning · ardent · eager · desirous · lustful · coveting · wanting
Refusing to let up
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- inexorableImpossible to prevent
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
tireless · indefatigable · unceasing · endless · boundless · limitless · perpetual · constant
ravenous
Extremely hungry, insatiable
- voraciousExtremely eager to consume
- famishedIntensely, painfully hungry
- starvingSuffering extreme hunger
gluttonous · devouring · wolfish · omnivorous · gorging · feasting · gobbling · guzzling · consuming · piggish
acquisitive
Desiring material gain
- avariciousExcessively desirous of wealth
- covetousEagerly wanting others' possessions
- graspingGreedy for wealth
rapacious · mercenary · hoarding · possessive · selfish · materialistic · consumerist · money-grubbing · grabby · unappeasable
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
hankering · thirsting · burning · ardent · eager · desirous · lustful · coveting · wanting · aching
unrelenting
Refusing to let up
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- unstoppableImpossible to halt
- inexorableImpossible to prevent
unyielding · tireless · indefatigable · unceasing · endless · boundless · limitless · perpetual · constant · unabating
insatiaterestrained
Held under control
controlled · moderate · curbed · temperate · abstemious
insatiateindifferent
Lacking interest or concern
apathetic · desireless · jaded · blasé · disinterested
- insatiable appetiteDesire that cannot satisfy