unquenchable
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un·quench·a·ble
(ŭn-kwĕn′chə-bəl)adj.
1. Impossible to slake or satisfy: unquenchable thirst.
2. Impossible to suppress or destroy: unquenchable enthusiasm.
un·quench′a·bly adv.
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unquenchable
(ʌnˈkwɛntʃəbəl)adj
1. (of thirst) not able to be satisfied by drinking
2. not able to be satisfied
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Adj. | 1. | ![]() insatiable, insatiate, unsatiable - impossible to satisfy; "an insatiate appetite"; "an insatiable demand for old buildings to restore"; "his passion for work was unsatiable" |
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unquenchable
[ʌnˈkwentʃəbl] ADJ (fig) → inextinguible; [thirst] → inapagable; [desire etc] → insaciableCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
unquenchable
adj fire → unlöschbar; thirst, desire → unstillbar; optimism → unerschütterlich; she has an unquenchable spirit → sie lässt sich nicht unterkriegen (inf)
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