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| Main Entry: | implacable |
| Part of Speech: | adj |
| Definition: | unable to be appeased; irreconcilable |
| Etymology: | Latin im- + placare 'to appease' |
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implacable
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im·plac·a·ble 
Audio Help [im-plak-uh-buhl, -pley-kuh-] Pronunciation Key
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| not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy. |
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im·plac·a·bil·i·ty, im·plac·a·ble·ness, noun
im·plac·a·bly, adverb
—Synonyms unappeasable, unbending, merciless. See inflexible.
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| im·plac·a·ble
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adj. Impossible to placate or appease: implacable foes; implacable suspicion. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin implācābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + plācābilis, placable; see placable.] im·plac'a·bil'i·ty, im·plac'a·ble·ness n., im·plac'a·bly adv. |
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implacable
1522, from O.Fr. implacable, from L. implacabilis "unappeasable," from in- "not" + placabilis "easily appeased" (see placate).
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| implacable | |
adjective | |
| incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy" [ant: placable] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
implacable [imˈplӕkəbl] adjective
not able to be satisfied or won over
Example: an implacable enemy
Example: an implacable enemy
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Implacable
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.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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