Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
incapable of being placated;
- Example: "an implacable enemy"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Implacable \Im*pla"ca*ble\, a. [L. implacabilis; pref. im- not +
placabilis: cf. F. implacable. See Placable.]
1. Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being
pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince.
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I see thou art implacable. --Milton.
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An object of implacable enmity. --Macaulay.
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2. Incapable of being relieved or assuaged; inextinguishable.
[R.]
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O! how I burn with implacable fire. --Spenser.
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Which wrought them pain
Implacable, and many a dolorous groan. --Milton.
Syn: Unappeasable; inexorable; irreconcilable; unrelenting;
relentless; unyielding.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
implacable
adj 1: incapable of being placated; "an implacable enemy" [ant:
placable]