unappeasableadj.
/ˌʌnəˈpiːzəbl/, U.S. /ˌənəˈpizəb(ə)l/ That cannot be appeased or placated; implacable, insatiable:
a. Of feelings, activities, etc.
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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
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (1634) ii. vii. 158 They presse us, I say, and doe pursue us with an unappeasable rigour.
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (xxxiv. 1) He..burned against him with unappeasable hatred.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 407 Such unappeasable contention and brawlyng about the mainteynaunce of Purgatory.
1602 W. Warner Epitome Hist. Eng. in Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) 360 They pursued such vnapeasable and tyrannous warre that [etc.].
1671 J. Milton Samson Agonistes 963 Thy anger, unappeasable, still rages, Eternal tempest never to be calm'd. View more context for this quotation
1781 S. Johnson Addison in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 43 The author..wandered..behind the scenes with restless and unappeasable solicitude.
1823 C. Lamb Artific. Comedy in Elia 337 The eternal tormenting unappeasable vigilance..of present fashionable tragedy.
1845 R. W. Hamilton Inst. Pop. Educ. ix. 256 The ambition of the Papal See is unappeasable.
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. (1873) 1st Ser. 292 The unappeasable apprehension of a German for his biographer.
b. Of persons (or other agents).
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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
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iv. ii. sig. Aaa.iij/1 There is no faith in a hard, stubborne, and vnappeaseable man.
1578 Bk. Christian Prayers in Private Prayers (1851) 543 Set thyself in our defence against this our unappeasable adversary.
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xx. 737/1 The turbulent, and vnappeaceable Dutchesse of Burgundy.
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. i. 26 [They are] so vnappeasable in anger, that they cowardly murther their enemies.
a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 234 With envious Rage I saw them swell, All unappeasable as Hell.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xliii. 417 A real, live, furious, and most unappeasable Saracen.
1872 M. Collins Two Plunges for Pearl I. ix. 183 One makes it a vast machine, moving blindly in an unalterable groove, driven by an unappeasable fate.
Derivatives
unaˈppeasableness n.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > implacability
implacability1531
impacability1602
unappeasableness1611
implacableness1631
implacacyc1660
intransigence1882
intransigency1890
intransigeance1899
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Implacabilita, vnappeasablenesse. [Also in Bailey and Ash.]
unaˈppeasably adv.
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the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adverb] > implacably
implacably1631
unappeasably1647
intransigeantly1921
1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. Vnappeasably, onversoenelicken.
1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens II. 310 Those twin rocks..between which the sea..roars unappeasably through its mists of foam.
1865 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia VI. xxi. v. 520 He grieves unappeasably to have lost Friedrich.
1871 J. R. Lowell My Study Windows (1886) 129 He is pertinaciously and unappeasably dull.
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