implacable

Betekenis (Engels)

1. Not able to be placated or appeased.
2. Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.
3. Adamant; immovable.

Teenoorgestelde van

appeasable, assuageable, pacable, pacifiable, placable

Sinonieme

inexorable

merciless

irreconcilable

ruthless

harsh

unappeasable

uncompassionate

unfeeling

unforgiving

unrelenting

deadly

hard

cruel and heartless

pitiless

hard-hearted

persistent

clamant

cold-blooded

immitigable

importunate

inexpiable

intransigent

mortal

adamant

repetitive

revengeful

stern

unabated

undiminished

unrelieved

Vertalings

implacable

implacable

implacabile

implacável

intransigeant

intraitable

unerbittlich

inflexible

onverzoenlijk

αδιάλλακτος

onbarmhartig

qui ne se laisse pas apitoyer

sans pitié

impitoyable

airain

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ɪmˈplækəb(ə)l/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: implācāble

Verwante met Frans: implacable

In summary

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)).