单词 | implacable |
释义 | implacableadj. 1. a. That cannot be appeased; irreconcileable; inexorable: of persons, feelings, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > implacable impayablea1340 unquemable1440 implacablec1522 unplacable1553 unappeasable1561 impacable1571 immitigable1576 unappeasable1577 inexpiable1598 inexpiate1598 implacable1650 ungainable1661 unredressable1716 unsurmountable1771 indomitable1828 inappeasable1840 untruckling1850 intransigent1881 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective] > rigidly or relentlessly grima1000 steely1508 unbowable1537 inexorable1553 unrelenting1590 unrelentless1606 rigid1610 implacable1611 unrelentable1611 unsoftened1645 unconniving1671 ramrod1850 unexcusing1853 unsoftening1857 tough1905 c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 83 Bering implacable anger where they perceue themself not accepted. 1611 Bible (King James) Rom. i. 31 Couenant breakers..implacable, vnmercifull. View more context for this quotation 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 165. ⁋3 That we should be harassed by implacable persecution. 1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. iii. 195 He was, besides, the implacable enemy of Bourbon. 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham I. ii. 10 Directly I, or any..of his..friends was injured or aggrieved, his anger was almost implacable. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xvi. 325 The earl of Warwick remained implacable. b. Const. to. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > implacable impayablea1340 unquemable1440 implacablec1522 unplacable1553 unappeasable1561 impacable1571 immitigable1576 unappeasable1577 inexpiable1598 inexpiate1598 implacable1650 ungainable1661 unredressable1716 unsurmountable1771 indomitable1828 inappeasable1840 untruckling1850 intransigent1881 1650 H. More Observ. in Enthusiasmus Triumphatus (1656) F j b An inplacable enmity to immorality and foolery. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress (ed. 2) 80 They thereby shew themselves to be implacable to good. 1785 T. Balguy Disc. Various Subj. 62 The greater part of these sectaries were implacable to those who differed from them. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective] > not reduced in severity > not able to be implacable1590 unpacifiable1595 unpacificable1608 unassuageable1611 unmitigablea1616 unabatable1837 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. vi. sig. R8 O how I burne with implacable fyre. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene iii. vii. sig. Ii5v Sir Satyrane..To auenge the implacable wrong, Which he supposed donne to Florimell, Sought by all meanes his [sc. the monster's] dolor to prolong. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 658 Thir armor help'd thir harm..which wrought them pain Implacable . View more context for this quotation 1863 H. W. Longfellow Prelude xiii, in Tales Wayside Inn 14 The plunge of the implacable seas, The tumult of the wind at night. 3. as n. One who is implacable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > implacability > implacable person implacable1748 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa III. iv. 30 As I have ordered it, the flight will appear to the Implacables to be altogether with her own consent. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c1522 |
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