Meaning

3 senses

  1. Not able to be placated or appeased.

    unversöhnlich

    непримири́мыйneprimirímyj, неумоли́мыйneumolímyj, закля́тыйzakljátyj

    непримире́ннийneprymyrénnyj, непримири́мийneprymyrýmyj

    incapable of being placated

  2. Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.

    неумолимыйneumolimyj

    невблаганнийnevblahannyj, непримире́ннийneprymyrénnyj

  3. Adamant; immovable.

    unerbittlich

    непрекло́нныйnepreklónnyj, несдвига́емыйnesdvigájemyj

Examples

4 sentences

  1. The man acquiesced, but the woman remained implacable.

    deDer Mann hat eingewilligt, aber die Frau blieb unerbittlich.

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  2. I cannot understand the implacable hatred that he still feels for his old rival.

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  3. Her hate is implacable.

    deDer Hass in ihr ist unauslöschlich.

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  4. Tom is implacable.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
not able to be placated or appeased:
impossible to prevent or stop — see also inexorable, unstoppable:
Русский
By meaning 3
not able to be placated or appeased:
impossible to prevent or stop — see also inexorable, unstoppable:
adamant; immovable — see also adamant, immovable:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
not able to be placated or appeased:
adamant; immovable — see also adamant, immovable:

Origin

From Middle English implācāble (“immitigable, unappeasable”) from Old French implacable (“

From Middle English implācāble (“immitigable, unappeasable”) from Old French implacable (“harsh, unrelenting; implacable”) (modern French implacable), from Latin implācābilis (“unappeasable, implacable; irreconcilable”), from im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + plācābilis (“placable; appeasing, moderating, pacifying, propitiating; acceptable”) (from plācō (“to assuage, pacify, placate; to appease; to reconcile”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon)).

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Forms

more implacable, most implacable
Comparativemore implacable Lesson
Superlativemost implacable Lesson

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
impacableirreconcilableunassuageableunplacableunpleasablerelentlessunremittingunyielding

Antonyms

5 antonyms
appeasableassuageablepacablepacifiableplacable

Word family

8 related words
Relatedplacabilityplacableplacablenessplacablyunplacable
Derivedimplacabilityimplacablenessimplacably

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
imperviousC1impetuousimpetusimpingeimplantimplausibleimplementB2
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