IMPLACABLE

implacable

(adjective) incapable of being placated; “an implacable enemy”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

implacable (comparative more implacable, superlative most implacable)

Not able to be placated or appeased.

Synonyms: impacable (obsolete), irreconcilable, unassuageable, unplacable (obsolete), unpleasable

Antonyms: appeasable, assuageable, pacable, pacifiable, placable

Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.

Synonyms: relentless, unremitting, unyielding

Adamant; immovable.

Source: Wiktionary


Im*pla"ca*ble, a. Etym: [L. implacabilis; pref. im- not + placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See Placable.]

1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince. I see thou art implacable. Milton. An object of implacable enmity. Macaulay.

2. Incapable of ebign relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable. [R.] O! how I burn with implacable fire. Spenser. Which wrought them pain Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. Milton.

Syn.

– Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting; relentless; unyielding.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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