inextinguishable

adjective

Incapable of being extinguished or ended, not extinguishable.

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Meanings

adjectiveinextinguishable (comparative more inextinguishable, superlative most inextinguishable)

comparative more inextinguishable · superlative most inextinguishable · alternative unextinguishable

  1. Incapable of being extinguished or ended, not extinguishable.

    […] a creature of indomitable will, daemonic, the incarnation of inextinguishable hate.

    1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 167
    1 more example

    These achievements were made at a bloody cost and required courage and indomitable honesty, evidence of the inextinguishable will to survive and to be self-actualized in the face of unspeakable dangers.

    1979 August 11, Lawrence Mass, “Psychiatry on Trial”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 4, page 8

    Synonyms: unquenchable

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveIncapable of being extinguished or ended, not extinguishable.

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivedifficult or impossible to extinguish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥-
  4. Latinin-
  5. Middle Englishin-
  6. Englishin-
  7. Englishextinguish
  8. Englishextinguishable
  9. Englishinextinguishable

From in- + extinguishable.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος
  • ἄσβεστος (ásbestos)incapable of being extinguished
Bulgarian неугасим, неутолим
  • неугасим (neugasim)incapable of being extinguished
  • неутолим (neutolim)incapable of being extinguished
Catalan inextingible, inapagable
  • inextingibleincapable of being extinguished
  • inapagableincapable of being extinguished
French inextinguible
  • inextinguibleincapable of being extinguished
German unlöschbar
  • unlöschbarincapable of being extinguished
Hungarian olthatatlan, elolthatatlan
  • olthatatlanincapable of being extinguished
  • elolthatatlanincapable of being extinguished
Italian inestinguibile
  • inestinguibileincapable of being extinguished
Portuguese inextinguível, inapagável
  • inextinguívelincapable of being extinguished
  • inapagávelincapable of being extinguished
Spanish inextinguible, inapagable
  • inextinguibleincapable of being extinguished
  • inapagableincapable of being extinguished
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APA

inextinguishable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inextinguishable

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“inextinguishable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inextinguishable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inextinguishable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inextinguishable.

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