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inappeasable

American  
[in-uh-pee-zuh-buhl] / ˌɪn əˈpi zə bəl /

adjective

  1. unable to be soothed or appeased.

    inappeasable anger.


Etymology

Origin of inappeasable

First recorded in 1830–40; in- 3 + appeasable ( def. )

Example Sentences

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“Don’t remind me of hell,” said the stoker, in a voice of inappeasable regret.

From Boon, The Mind of the Race, The Wild Asses of the Devil, and The Last Trump; Being a First Selection from the Literary Remains of George Boon, Appropriate to the Times by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

This is shown in his inappeasable love of story telling.

From Aboriginal American Authors by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

At other times a vague and indescribable longing seizes a young person, a morbid appetite possesses them, or they fall a prey to an inappeasable and aimless restlessness, or a causeless melancholy.

From The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America by Brinton, Daniel Garrison

Worse than the home-sickness of that sad time, was the never-ceasing pain, made up of sorrow for the dead, and inappeasable longing for the presence of the living.

From Janet's Love and Service by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)

This intelligence threw him into silence, and again her eyes fed upon his firelit face with inappeasable hunger.

From Sister Dolorosa and Posthumous Fame by Allen, James Lane