implacable

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Pronunciation

/ɪmˈplækəbəl/(im-PLAK-uh-bul)

Part of speech

adjectiveformal

Chinese

不能安抚的；无法平息的；不共戴天的

Definition

Unable to be appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated; relentlessly hostile.

Word family

  • implacably/ɪmˈplækəbli/(adv)无法安抚地
  • implacability/ɪmˌplækəˈbɪlɪti/(n)不可调和

Collocations

  • implacable enemy
  • implacable opposition
  • implacable hatred
  • implacable foe

Examples

  1. 1.The two nations remained implacable enemies for generations after the war. (unable to be reconciled)
  2. 2.She was implacable in her demands — no compromise, no negotiation, no exceptions. (refusing to be appeased)

Synonyms

  • unappeasable/ˌʌnəˈpiːzəbəl/— cannot be satisfied
  • inexorable/ɪnˈɛksərəbəl/— unstoppable, unyielding
  • unrelenting/ˌʌnrɪˈlɛntɪŋ/— not yielding in strength

Etymology

from Latin "implacabilis" — in- (not) + placare (to calm, to appease) — cannot be calmed