Meaning of IMPLACABLE
| Pronunciation: | | im'plakubul
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| | Definition: | | [adj] impossible to placate; "an implacable enemy" |
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| | Synonyms: | | grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unmitigable, unrelenting |
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| | Antonyms: | | placable | | |
| | See Also: | | merciless, unmerciful | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Im*pla"ca*ble\, a. [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.
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| | Related Terms: | | adamant, adamantine, avenging, cast-iron, cruel, dour, firm, flinty, grim, grudgeful, hard, hard-core, immovable, immutable, impliable, inelastic, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, intransigent, iron, irreconcilable, merciless, mortal, pitiless, punitive, punitory, rancorous, relentless, retaliatory, revanchist, revengeful, rigid, rigorous, rock-ribbed, ruthless, steely, stern, stiff, unaffected, unalterable, unappeasable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompassionate, uncompromising, unflinching, unforgiving, ungiving, unmoved, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vengeful, vindicatory, vindictive |
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