quenchable

Able to satisfy

Quenchable describes something that can be satisfied, extinguished, or suppressed.

A quenchable thirst can be slaked; a quenchable fire can be put out.

The word implies limits—that a desire or flame isn't so intense as to be beyond control: Her curiosity, though fierce, proved quenchable.

fire

extinguishable

Able to be stopped

snuff · stifle · blanket · squelch · cool · sprinkler · hydrant · foam · retardant · hose

desire

satisfiable

Able to be fulfilled

longing · appetite · hunger · passion · urge · fervor · zeal · eagerness · satiable · appeasable

thirst

slake

Satisfy a desire fully

guzzle · refresh · gulp · sip · potable · drought · arid · dryness · rehydrate · satiate

metallurgy

temperable

Able to be hardened

forge · smithing

Opposites
extinguishability

quenchableunquenchable

Impossible to satisfy completely

inextinguishable · unextinguishable · inexhaustible · undying · eternal

satiability

quenchableinsatiable

Impossible to satisfy

unquenchable · unappeasable · unsatisfiable · inextinguishable · unslakable

Family

unquenchable

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