satiate, sate, surfeit, cloy, pall, glut, gorge 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 surfeit implies a nauseating repletion.
surfeited themselves with junk food cloy stresses the disgust or boredom resulting from such surfeiting.
sentimental pictures that cloy after a while pall emphasizes the loss of ability to stimulate interest or appetite.
a life of leisure eventually begins to pallglut implies excess in feeding or supplying.
a market glutted with diet books gorge suggests glutting to the point of bursting or choking.
gorged themselves with chocolate
Examples of satiate in a Sentence
Adjective
a couple of satiate dinner guests had ensconced themselves on the living room sofa
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