satiated
Definition
Adjective: Feeling full or satisfied, especially after having enough food or drink; having one's appetite or desire completely fulfilled.
Usage
The adjective "satiated" describes a state of complete satisfaction, typically of a physical need like hunger or thirst, but it can also extend to non-physical desires. It implies that one has had enough and no longer wants or needs more.
Examples
- After the large holiday meal, everyone felt completely satiated and content.
- The reader was satiated with mystery novels and wanted to try a different genre.
- Drinking a glass of water satiated his immediate thirst.
Advanced Usage
- "To be satiated with": To have had one's fill of something, often to the point of no longer desiring it. This can be used for both tangible and intangible things.
- The audience was satiated with spectacular visual effects but craved a stronger story.
- "To satiate" (verb): The related verb form, meaning to satisfy fully.
- A small snack was enough to satiate her hunger until dinner.
Variants and Related Words
- Satiate (verb): To satisfy a desire or need fully.
- Satiable (adjective): Capable of being satisfied.
- Satiety (noun): The state of being satiated; fullness beyond the point of satisfaction.
Synonyms
- Sated: Fully satisfied, especially in appetite.
- Full: Having eaten enough.
- Surfeited: Supplied or filled to excess, often leading to weariness or disgust.
- Gratified: Having one's desires fulfilled (often emotional rather than physical).
Antonyms
- Unsatiated: Not satisfied.
- Hungry: Feeling a need for food.
- Insatiable: Impossible to satisfy.
- Craving: Having a powerful desire for something.
Adjective
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supplied (especially fed) to satisfaction
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