unquenchable
pronunciation
How to pronounce unquenchable in British English:
UK [ʌnˈkwentʃəbl]
How to pronounce unquenchable in American English:
US [ʌnˈkwentʃəbl]
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- Adjective:
- impossible to quench
Word Origin
- unquenchable (adj.)
- late 14c., of fire; 1560s, of thirst, from un- (1) "not" + quench (v.) + -able. Related: Unquenchably.
Example
- 1. So nature imbued us with an unquenchable drive to discover , to explore .
- 2. The spark would gather strength silently and it turned into a flame , and then into an unquenchable fire .
- 3. Is not dread of thirst when your well is full , thirst that is unquenchable ?
- 4. There are no rationalizations or worries of what 's proper and reasonable just unquenchable thirst for the things they want .
- 5. Lisa 's apparently unquenchable spirits were rising .