单词 | unmitigable |
释义 | unmitigableadj. That cannot be mitigated; implacable, uncompromising. 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 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 277 Her most vnmittigable rage. View more context for this quotation 1644 Bp. J. Hall Devout Soul xii. 56 The unpitiable, interminable, unmitigable tortures of those..never-dying souls. 1684 W. Bates Great Duty of Resignation 208 There is no Affliction how great soever, though with respect to natural means unremovable and unmitigable [etc.]. 1794 W. Godwin Caleb Williams III. ii. 22 Her whole figure suggested an idea of unmitigable energy and an appetite gorged in malevolence. 1805 J. Foster Ess. (1806) I. 174 The great Cause..assumed in his administrations an unmitigable urgency. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. xxv. 172 A remembrance of unrelaxed, unmitigable indignation. 1915 H. D. Rawnsley European War 105 All day, all night, unmitigable hate Upon the unprotected town was poured. 1977 P. Dickinson Walking Dead ii. v. 147 The man's shirt...was of..harsh unmitigable violet. 2011 Austral. Financial Rev. (Nexis) 9 May 1 They're not probably natural takers of that upfront, unmitigable risk and they're not the best people to do it either. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1616 |
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