quenchless

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adjective

That cannot be quenched; unquenchable.

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unquenchableinsatiateinsatiableunsatiable
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English quench →
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Meanings

adjectivequenchless (comparative more quenchless, superlative most quenchless)

comparative more quenchless · superlative most quenchless

  1. That cannot be quenched; unquenchable.

    To quell the ragings of his Father's ire, / And save a guilty world from quenchless fire!

    1813, Patrick Brontë, The Rural Minstrel

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveimpossible to quench

Similar
unquenchableinsatiateinsatiableunsatiable
Also see
insatiableinsatiateunquenchable

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishquench
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishquenchless

From quench + -less.

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APA

quenchless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quenchless

MLA

“quenchless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quenchless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “quenchless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/quenchless.

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