immitigableadj.
/ɪˈmɪtɪɡəb(ə)l/ That cannot be mitigated, softened, or appeased; implacable; not to be toned down.
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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 mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > incapable of mitigation
immitigable1576
unassuageable1611
unalleviable1816
inassuageable1887
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 19 What cause was there..that the malice of my minde should be immitigable?
a1780 J. Harris Philol. Inq. (1781) iii. v. 308 Did she mitigate these immitigable, these iron-hearted Men?
1814 R. Southey Roderick xvii He..on his flesh..inflicts Fierce vengeance with immitigable hand.
1831 E. J. Trelawny Adventures Younger Son III. 138 For four or five days and nights the pain was immitigable.
1887 A. C. Swinburne Stud. Prose & Poetry (1894) 188 The principle or the impulse of universal and immitigable charity.
Derivatives
iˈmmitigably adv. in an immitigable manner or degree.
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the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [adverb]
strongeOE
fastOE
stably1297
strengthlya1400
unabasedlyc1425
unfaintlyc1425
four-squarec1430
strengthilyc1485
determinedlyc1540
resolutely1549
determinately1556
martyr-like1579
resolvedly1587
strongly1591
undauntedly1598
heart and soul1620
fairly and squarely1628
bently1645
decisively1653
supportinglya1664
setly1673
decidedly1770
martyrly1819
immitigably1824
staunchly1825
unshrinkingly1826
unflinchingly1833
hell-bent1863
square1867
fair and square1870
full-bloodedly1898
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adverb] > beyond mitigation
immitigably1824
1824 Westm. Rev. 1 437 The most unavoidably and immitigably painful incidents of life.
1832 H. Martineau For Each & All vii. 104 Mr. Bland looked as immitigably solemn as ever.
1857 N. Hawthorne Jrnl. 26 July in Eng. Notebks. (1997) II. vi. 345 Much that is most valuable must be immitigably rejected.
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