implacable

Betekenis (Engels)

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

Concepten

onbarmhartig

onverzoenlijk

meedogenloos

onverzettelijk

onverbiddelijk

Tegenovergesteld aan

appeasable, assuageable, pacable, pacifiable, placable

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

implacable

implacable

implacabile

implacável

intransigeant

intraitable

unerbittlich

inflexible

impitoyable

αδιάλλακτος

qui ne se laisse pas apitoyer

sans pitié

airain

estacionari

αδυσώπητος

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ɪmˈplækəb(ə)l/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: implācāble

Verwant aan 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)).