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im·plac·a·ble
(ĭm-plăk′ə-bəl, -plā′kə-)adj.
Impossible to placate or appease: implacable foes; implacable suspicion.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin implācābilis : in-, not; see in-1 + plācābilis, placable; see placable.]
im·plac′a·bil′i·ty n.
im·plac′a·bly adv.
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implacable
(ɪmˈplækəbəl)adj
1. incapable of being placated or pacified; unappeasable
2. inflexible; intractable
imˌplacaˈbility, imˈplacableness n
imˈplacably adv
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im•plac•a•ble
(ɪmˈplæk ə bəl, -ˈpleɪ kə-)adj.
not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy.
im•plac`a•bil′i•ty, im•plac′a•ble•ness, n.
im•plac′a•bly, adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | implacable - incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy" merciless, unmerciful - having or showing no mercy; "the merciless enemy"; "a merciless critic"; "gave him a merciless beating" placable - easily calmed or pacified |
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implacable
adjective ruthless, cruel, relentless, uncompromising, intractable, inflexible, unrelenting, merciless, unforgiving, inexorable, unyielding, remorseless, pitiless, unbending, unappeasable the threat of invasion by a ruthless and implacable enemy
yielding, flexible, tolerant, lenient, relenting, merciful, appeasable
yielding, flexible, tolerant, lenient, relenting, merciful, appeasable
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implacable
adjectiveFirmly, often unreasonably immovable in purpose or will:
adamant, adamantine, brassbound, die-hard, grim, incompliant, inexorable, inflexible, intransigent, iron, obdurate, relentless, remorseless, rigid, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding.
Idiom: stubborn as a mule.
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مُتَصَلِّب، لدود
nesmiřitelný
uforsonlig
engesztelhetetlen
ósættanlegur
negailestingainenumaldomas
nepielūdzamsnesamierināms
amansızmerhametsiz
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implacable
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implacable
(imˈplӕkəbl) adjective not able to be satisfied or won over. an implacable enemy.
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