implacable

[ im-plak-uh-buhl, -pley-kuh- ]

/ ɪmˈplæk ə bəl, -ˈpleɪ kə- /

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adjective

not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.

Origin of implacable

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Latin word implācābilis. See im-², placable

SYNONYMS FOR implacable

unappeasable, unbending, merciless. See inflexible.

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OTHER WORDS FROM implacable

im·plac·a·bil·i·ty, im·plac·a·ble·ness, noun im·plac·a·bly, adverb

Words nearby implacable

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Esther and Mordecai confront a hostile host society and an implacable bureaucracy.

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Abandoned its implacable opposition to the International Red Cross.

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Within a sentence, Funes and his implacable memory are dead, as is God.

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"At your service, my dear friend," replied he; and from that instant his "dear friend" became his implacable enemy.

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But there was a nobility and an implacable sense of justice about this singular religieux which conquered me completely.

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He turned away without shaking hands, but it struck her that he was not implacable.

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Implacable, and I was now divided from him by no silver or brick-coloured sea!

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During the earlier years of the colony the Kolosh were implacable enemies.

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British Dictionary definitions for implacable

implacable

/ (ɪmˈplækəbəl) /

adjective

incapable of being placated or pacified; unappeasable

inflexible; intractable

Derived forms of implacable

implacability or implacableness, noun implacably, adverb

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