Unquenchable
[ʌn'kwen(t)ʃəb(ə)l] or [ʌn'kwɛntʃəbl]
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unextinguishable, that cannot be quenched.
Editor: Manuel
Definition
adj. that cannot be quenched or extinguished.—n. Unquen′chableness.—adv. Unquen′chably.
Checker: Micawber
Examples
- Ordinarily he was like other normal lads of his age--full of boyish, hearty enjoyments--but withal possessed of an unquenchable spirit of inquiry and an insatiable desire for knowledge. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The result was an unquenchable scorn of the quarter whence such danger was to be apprehended. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If she knew herself to be surrounded by insatiable vengeance and unquenchable fires, were they mine? Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
Checker: Micawber