Antonyms for irreconcilable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ih-rek-uh n-sahy-luh-buh l, ih-rek-uh n-sahy- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈrɛk ənˌsaɪ lə bəl, ɪˌrɛk ənˈsaɪ- |
Definition of irreconcilable
Origin :- 1590s, from French irréconcilable (16c.), from Medieval Latin *irreconcilabilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + reconcilabilis (see reconcile). Related: Irreconcilably. As a noun from 1748.
- adj hostile, conflicting
- And there are some things which are,' he stopped to sob, 'irreconcilable with that, and wound that—wound it deeply.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- There necessarily exists a permanent and irreconcilable conflict of interest.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- There is in them an irreconcilable mixture of fury and formalism.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- The differences of opinion among them were so great as apparently to be irreconcilable.
- Extract from : « Little Masterpieces of Science: » by Various
- We seem to find that the ideal of knowledge is irreconcilable with experience.
- Extract from : « Meno » by Plato
- I was so different from the Grenadier, so irreconcilable with Elsa's fancy portrait.
- Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope
- On this issue the dispute in the convention was obstinate and irreconcilable.
- Extract from : « The Negro and the Nation » by George S. Merriam
- The governors and leaders imagined an irreconcilable antagonism.
- Extract from : « The Better Germany in War Time » by Harold Picton
- The two men were facing each other in irreconcilable yet confused antagonism.
- Extract from : « The Argonauts of North Liberty » by Bret Harte
- It is irreconcilable with the hypothesis of an intelligent and good Providence.
- Extract from : « Aurelian » by William Ware
Synonyms for irreconcilable
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