MEANING
To satisfy an appetite, desire, or need fully, often after a strong or persistent wanting.
Use it for
Fully satisfy an appetite or persistent desire.Show a desire being filled—or made more apparent by only brief satisfaction.
Words that belong together
- sate hunger
- sate curiosity
- sate a craving
On the page
No quantity of praise could sate her appetite for approval.
Nearby words
Opposite meanings
Word forms
- Base
- sate
- Past tense
- sated
- Past participle
- sated
- Present participle
- sating
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- sate
- Present continuous
- am/is/are sating
- Present perfect
- have/has sated
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been sating
- Past
- sated
- Past continuous
- was/were sating
- Past perfect
- had sated
- Past perfect continuous
- had been sating
- Future
- will sate
- Future continuous
- will be sating
- Future perfect
- will have sated
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been sating
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
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Usage notes
Transitive and somewhat formal; it commonly takes hunger, curiosity, desire, appetite, or craving as its object.
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