implacable
Meaning
- Not able to be placated or appeased.
- Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.
- Adamant; immovable.
Opposite of
appeasable, assuageable, pacable, pacifiable, placable
Synonyms
deadly
cruel and heartless
Translations
implacable
implacabile
implacável
unerbittlich
onverzoenlijk
αδιάλλακτος onbarmhartig
qui ne se laisse pas apitoyer sans pitiéFrequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈplækəb(ə)l/
Etymology
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)).
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