satiate
/'seiʃieit/
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Definition
Verb:
- To provide (someone) with more than enough of something, so that they no longer desire it. This often refers to food or drink, but can extend to other desires or needs.
- To satisfy (a need or desire) fully or to excess.
Adjective (less common):
- Filled to satisfaction; sated.
Usage and Examples
Verb:
- The large meal satiated his hunger for the entire day.
- Endless scrolling on social media can never truly satiate the human need for genuine connection.
- The goal of the advertisement is to create a desire that the product promises to satiate.
Adjective:
- After the feast, he felt pleasantly satiate and content. (Note: The adjective form "satiate" is rare; "sated" is more common.)
Advanced Usage and Nuances
- Connotation: "Satiate" often carries a nuance of and sometimes even satisfaction, to the point of diminishing further interest. It implies a fullness that goes beyond simple satisfaction.
- Formality: The word is more formal than common synonyms like "fill" or "satisfy."
- "Satiate" vs. "Sate": "Sate" is a direct synonym, often used interchangeably, though "sate" can sound slightly more literary or archaic.
Variants and Related Words
- Satiable (adj): Capable of being satiated.
- Human curiosity is seemingly insatiable, not satiable.
- Satiety (n): The state of being satiated.
- The feeling of satiety after a meal is controlled by hormones.
- Insatiable (adj): Impossible to satiate.
- She had an insatiable appetite for knowledge.
- Sated (adj): This is the most common adjective form meaning fully satisfied.
- He was sated after the multi-course dinner.
Synonyms
- Sate (v): To satisfy (a desire) fully.
- Surfeit (v): To cause to be fed or supplied to excess.
- Glut (v): To fill to excess; oversupply.
- Quench (v): To satisfy (thirst, but also used metaphorically for desires).
Antonyms
- Starve (v): To suffer or die from hunger.
- Deprive (v): To deny the possession or use of something.
- Whet (v): To sharpen or stimulate (an appetite or desire).
Idioms and Phrases
- To satiate one's curiosity: To fully satisfy one's desire to know.
- The detailed documentary finally satiated her curiosity about ancient Egypt.
- To satiate an appetite: To completely satisfy hunger or a craving.
- Nothing but a hearty stew could satiate his appetite on a cold winter night.
Adjective
- supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
Verb
- overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
- She stuffed herself at the dinner
- The kids binged on ice cream
- fill to satisfaction
- I am sated