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.
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I see thou art implacable. --Milton.
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An object of implacable enmity. --Macaulay.
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2. Incapable of being relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.
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O! how I burn with implacable fire. --Spenser.
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Which wrought them pain
Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. --Milton.
Syn: Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting;
relentless; unyielding.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
implacable
adj : impossible to placate; "an implacable enemy" [ant: placable]
WordNet (r) 2.0
56 Moby Thesaurus words for "implacable":
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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