Implacable

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  implacable
       adj : impossible to placate; "an implacable enemy" [ant: {placable}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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