sated

American  

[sey-tid] / ˈseɪ tɪd /

adjective

1. fully satisfied.

   After that deep bowl of superb salad, I left sated and content.

2. overfilled with or overexposed to something to the point of being unable to bear more; glutted, as with food, pleasure, etc..

   Congratulations for adding flavor to an old debate being forced upon a sated populace.

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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of sate.

Etymology

Origin of sated

sate ¹ ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Those viewers were probably not sated by the FCC’s February review of the performance, which found that the songs’ lyrics had been appropriately altered for the broadcast.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

The question for investors posed by biotech’s strong performance last year was whether the run-up a sign of outperformance yet to come, or whether demand for biotech stocks had been sated.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

But his taste for adventure was far from sated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Power can never have enough, it can't be sated.

From Salon • May 26, 2025

Curiosity would not be sated until the mechanical finches that were now so abundant around the globe had evolved to fly to the limits of the atmosphere.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

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