implacable
im·pla·ca·ble
adj \(ˌ)im-ˈpla-kə-bəl, -ˈplā-\Definition of IMPLACABLE
: not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated <an implacable enemy>
— im·pla·ca·bil·i·ty \-ˌpla-kə-ˈbi-lə-tē, -ˌplā-\ noun
— im·pla·ca·bly \-ˈpla-kə-blē, -ˈplā-\ adverb
See Examples of IMPLACABLE
- He has an implacable hatred for his political opponents.
- <an implacable judge who knew in his bones that the cover-up extended to the highest levels of government>
Origin of IMPLACABLE
Middle English, from Latin implacabilis, from in- + placabilis placable
First Known Use: 15th century
Related to IMPLACABLE
Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, bullheaded, dogged, hard, hardened, hardheaded, hard-nosed, headstrong, immovable, obstinate, inconvincible, inflexible, intransigent, mulish, obdurate, opinionated, ossified, pat, pertinacious, perverse, pigheaded, self-opinionated, self-willed, stiff-necked, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding, willful (or wilful)
Related Words: anal-retentive, obsessive; wayward, wrongheaded; determined, hell-bent, inexorable, persistent, relentless, resolved, set, single-minded, steadfast, stouthearted, tenacious, unflinching; firm, hard-line, hard-shell (or hard-shelled), iron, severe, stern, strict; hidebound, narrow-minded, rigid; bloody-minded [chiefly British], cantankerous; contrary, cussed; contumacious, disobedient, froward, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly; defiant, insurgent, mutinous; indomitable, invincible, unconquerable; confirmed, inveterate, unregenerate; demanding, exacting
Near Antonyms: docile, obedient, placable, submissive, tractable; accepting, persuadable, receptive, responsive, willing; governable, manageable, reasonable, temperate; slavish, subservient
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