inappeasable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of inappeasable
First recorded in 1830–40; in- 3 + appeasable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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That was the cause of the inappeasable fury of the Tuvaches, who had remained miserably poor.
From Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers by Various
But this sort of unwholesome and exciting gossip, which was formerly devoured by their readers with inappeasable voracity, is no longer supplied, simply because the taste for it has wholly passed away.
From Through the Eye of the Needle A Romance by Howells, William Dean
All through the long sorrow of that night I, who had rejected him, confessed his sway with tears and inappeasable regrets.
From In the Days of the Comet by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
Upon the return to their homes, after the adjournment, they were not only met with universal scorn, but with inappeasable rage.
From The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest by Sparks, William Henry
Morning by morning she had risen sick with the inappeasable yearning for her home, a longing that would not be stilled, to walk again through familiar scenes, to look again on familiar faces.
From Janet's Love and Service by Robertson, Margaret M. (Margaret Murray)
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