unappeasable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unappeasable in British English:
UK ['ʌnə'pi:zəbl]
How to pronounce unappeasable in American English:
US [ˌʌnə'pizəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
Word Origin
- unappeasable (adj.)
- 1560s, from un- (1) "not" + appeasable. Related: Unappeasably. Desolate winds that cry over the wandering sea; Desolate winds that hover in the flaming West; Desolate winds that beat the doors of Heaven, and beat The doors of Hell and blow there many a whimpering ghost; O heart the winds have shaken, the unappeasable host Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary's feet. [W.B. Yeats, "The Unappeasable Host," 1899]
Example
- 1. Children of the sun : a history of humanity 's unappeasable appetite for energy .
- 2. Because of its thinness the mouth and eyes looked disproportionately large , and the eyes seemed filled with a murderous , unappeasable hatred of somebody or something .