implacable
implacable
Definition
im·plac·able (im plak′ə bəl, -plā′kə-)
adjective
- not placable; that cannot be appeased or pacified; relentless; inexorable
- Rare that cannot be eased, lessened, or allayed
Etymology: Fr < L implacabilis
im·plac′·a·bil′·ity noun
im·plac′·a·bly adverb
implacable
Synonyms
implacable
modif.
implacable
Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- foe: The representatives of two races, once implacable foes, have become allies, maybe friends.
- hostility: The implacable hostility of communism toward faith in God could be explained by its claims to a monopoly on world views.
- hatred: Like Saddam Hussein, some of today's tyrants are gripped by an implacable hatred of the United States of America.
- enemy: They have shown themselves to be an implacable enemy of the workers ' movement over many years.
- opponent: Stephen Gould certainly is an " implacable opponent of.
- opposition: The moderate opposition has been silenced more effectively than the more implacable opposition.
implacable Quotes
In friendship false, implacable in hate: Resolved to ruin or to rule the state.
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