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implacable

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im·plac·a·ble  (m-plk-bl, -plk-)
adj.
Impossible to placate or appease: implacable foes; implacable suspicion.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin implcbilis : in-, not; see in-1 + plcbilis, placable; see placable.]

im·placa·bili·ty, im·placa·ble·ness n.
im·placa·bly adv.

implacable [ɪmˈplækəbəl]
adj
1. incapable of being placated or pacified; unappeasable
2. inflexible; intractable
implacability , implacableness n
implacably  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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

implacable
Translations
implacable [ɪmˈplækəbl] ADJ [enemy, hatred] → implacable

implacable [ɪmˈplækəbəl] adj [enemy] → implacable

implacable
adj opponent, enemy, hatred, logicunerbittlich; fateunausweichlich; faceunnachgiebig

implacable [ɪmˈplækəbl] adjimplacabile
implacable [ɪmˈplækəbl] adjimplacabile

implacable
adj implacable [imˈplӕkəbl]
not able to be satisfied or won over an implacable enemy. onversoenlik مُتَصَلِّب، لدود непреклонен nesmiřitelný uforsonlig unerbittlich αμείλικτος implacable lepitamatu سرسخت leppymätön implacable מְמַאֵן לְהָשלִים अप्रशम्य, अनमनीय nepomirljiv engesztelhetetlen tangguh ósættanlegur implacabile 執念深い 무자비한 nenumaldomas, negailestingas nesamierināms; nepielūdzams tidak dapat dipujuk onverbiddelijk uforsonlig, ubøyelig nieprzejednany implacável implacabil непримиримый nezmieriteľný, neúprosný neizprosen neumoljiv oförsonlig, obeveklig ซึ่งไม่สามารถทำให้สงบลงได้ (คำทางการ) amansız, merhametsiz 無法滿足的;無法安撫的 непримиренний سخت دل không thể địch nổi
adv imˈplacably
onversoenlik بصورةٍ مُتَصَلِّبَه непреклонно neúprosně uforsonligt unerbittlich αμείλικτα implacablemente lepitamatult با سرسختی leppymättömästi implacablement כַּך שֶׁאֵין לְפָייֵסוֹ अनमनीय रूप से nepomirljivo engesztelhetetlenül dengan tangguh ósættanlega implacabilmente 執念深く 무자비하게 negailestingai nesamierināmi; nepielūdzami dengan tidak dapat dipujuk onverbiddelijk uforsonlig, kompromissløst nieubłaganie implacavelmente (în mod) implacabil непримиримо neúprosne neizprosno neumoljivo oförsonligt, obevekligt ไม่สามารถทำให้โอนอ่อนได้ amansızca, merhametsizce 無法滿足地,無法安撫地 невблаганно سختی سے tính không thể địch nổi


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A FARMER who had a deadly and implacable hatred against a certain Fox, caught him and tied some tow to his tail; then carrying him to the centre of his own grain-field, set the tow on fire and let the animal go.
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The old Squire was an implacable man: he made resolutions in violent anger, and he was not to be moved from them after his anger had subsided-- as fiery volcanic matters cool and harden into rock.
 
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