inappeasable
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of inappeasable
First recorded in 1830–40; in- 3 + appeasable ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Mr Merdle didn't want him, and was put out of countenance when the great creature looked at him; but inappeasable Society would have him—and had got him.
From Little Dorrit by Dickens, Charles
They make one hungry with an inappeasable hunger, and make him long to have Thackeray at his own board as a most appreciative guest.
From Home Life of Great Authors by Griswold, Hattie Tyng
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)
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
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