sate

verb

ˈsāt How to pronounce sate (audio)
Definition of satenext
1
as in to gorge
to fill with food to capacity I sated myself with an array of decadent offerings from the dessert table

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2
as in to satisfy
to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire) a huge meal that should have sated everyone's hunger

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How is the word sate different from other verbs like it?

Some common synonyms of sate are cloy, glut, gorge, pall, satiate, and surfeit. While all these words mean "to fill to repletion," satiate and sate may sometimes imply only complete satisfaction but more often suggest repletion that has destroyed interest or desire.

years of globe-trotting had satiated their interest in travel
readers were sated with sensationalistic stories

When could cloy be used to replace sate?

While in some cases nearly identical to sate, cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.

sentimental pictures that cloy after a while

When can glut be used instead of sate?

The words glut and sate are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, glut implies excess in feeding or supplying.

a market glutted with diet books

When would gorge be a good substitute for sate?

While the synonyms gorge and sate are close in meaning, gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.

gorged themselves with chocolate

When is it sensible to use pall instead of sate?

Although the words pall and sate have much in common, pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.

a life of leisure eventually begins to pall

Where would surfeit be a reasonable alternative to sate?

The words surfeit and sate can be used in similar contexts, but surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.

surfeited themselves with junk food

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Recent Examples of sate Start by prioritizing a nourishing breakfast, one that incorporates protein-rich and sating foods like Greek yogurt, eggs or beans, Dr. Johnstone said. — Alice Callahan, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2025 One of America’s wettest cities during Prohibition, Sacramento’s rich history has inspired modern speakeasies such as Trophy Club in Downtown Commons, The Roost in the R Street Corridor and Daniello’s in Roseville, which should sate the players’ steakhouse desires as well. — Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 9 Jan. 2025 Publishers expect readers to be sated by the rush of book buying associated with the holidays. — John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025 While all Sandals properties serve up Blue Mountain coffee exclusively, the resort’s Café de Paris concept used to be the main place to sate you caffeine cravings. — Sofia Perez, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for sate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sate
  1. gorge
  2. satisfy
  3. stuff
  4. glut
  5. surfeit
  6. fill
Verb
  • Thanks to this steady drip of releases, Like a Dragon fans have been virtually gorging themselves on a wealth of content for years.
    — Isaiah Colbert, Rolling Stone, 18 Feb. 2025
  • Any time an agricultural producer or horse owner or home gardener has a persistent issue with dangerous or destructive animals — skunks denning under a shed, raccoons raiding a chicken coop, bears gorging in a vineyard — Chandler can assist, either with advice or, if necessary, direct intervention.
    — Malcolm Brooks Malcolm Hillgartner Krish Seenivasan Zak Mouton, New York Times, 31 Dec. 2024
Definition of gorge
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  • This is a cop novel that fully satisfies its genre expectations — chases, gun battles, sinister bad guys, questionable cops, cowards and heroes.
    — Claude Peck, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Either type of injury would satisfy the injury-in-fact requirement of the standing test.
    — Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of satisfy
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  • Like most sci-fi/thriller/mystery box shows, Severance stuffed a ton of twists and set pieces into the finale: Mark’s innie confronts his outie!
    — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Mar. 2025
  • For now, the society’s modest office space remains stuffed full of papers and items.
    — Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 21 Mar. 2025
Definition of stuff
Verb
  • As Israel gluts the present with death and destruction, the future perfect has become a means of stirring timid Americans out of indifference and into something like sympathy for Palestinian lives.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024
  • There are small evolutions of technology and cultural attitudes, but in a TV landscape glutted by dystopias, having any optimism about life 30-ish years in the future borders on revolutionary.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Definition of glut
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  • But surfeited with at-home entertainment options, former subscribers are preferring the flexibility of single-ticket sales.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2023
  • Theatergoers, surfeited with entertainment options at home, have been less inclined to commit to season subscriptions, placing more pressure on programming to come up with sure-fire hits.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
Definition of surfeit
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  • John Frankenheimer fills the film with a Cold War–era sense that anyone could be the enemy — even, thanks to a chilling turn by Angela Lansbury, one’s own mother.
    — Keith Phipps, Vulture, 19 Mar. 2025
  • The Hershey's Chocolate Salted Caramel Cheesecake Doughnut features an unglazed shell doughnut, filled with a caramel cheesecake cream, dipped in milk chocolate icing and topped with chocolate cookie crumb and a salted caramel swirl.
    — Rachel Raposas, People.com, 19 Mar. 2025
Definition of fill

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