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Antonyms for implacable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : im-plak-uh-buhl, -pley-kuh-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪmˈplæk ə bəl, -ˈpleɪ kə-



Definition of implacable

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Old French implacable, from Latin implacabilis "unappeasable," from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + placabilis "easily appeased" (see placate). Related: Implacably.
  • adj merciless, cruel
Example sentences :
  • Peaceable Ambrose would have remonstrated, but Stephen was implacable.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Else, could I hear the perpetual revilings of her implacable family?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • In a soliloquy he declares himself the implacable enemy of Cuzco and the Inca.
  • Extract from : « Apu Ollantay » by Anonymous
  • It was Karl Yundt who was heard, implacable to his last breath.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The sky was hard, implacable, without a star, but all the same translucid.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • He constituted himself one of the most implacable enemies of Fantômas.
  • Extract from : « A Nest of Spies » by Pierre Souvestre
  • I have noticed an implacable thought in her eyes since the other evening.
  • Extract from : « Therese Raquin » by Emile Zola
  • There was no link wanting; the chain of heredity, logical and implacable, was unbroken.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • All at once he could bear this implacable sphinx-gaze no longer.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • Her eyes met his with a glance which had in it an implacable frankness.
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

Synonyms for implacable

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