Implacable: meaning, example and synonyms
Implacableadj. Unable to be appeased or pacified; unrelenting in anger or opposition.
Example
Despite repeated concessions from the owners, the striking miners remained implacable, insisting that safety reforms precede any return to work.
- Part of speech
- adjective
- Synonyms
- unappeasable, unforgiving, relentless, inexorable
- Antonyms
- forgiving, lenient, appeasable, yielding
- Memory tip
- im (not) + placare (to calm): cannot be calmed down.
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Check yourself: Implacable in context
No apology could soften the ______ critic, who continued to attack the playwright in every review for years after their quarrel.
Answer: implacable. A critic no apology can soften cannot be appeased: implacable. congruent (consistent), mundane (ordinary) and perilous (dangerous) don't fit this context.
The rebels proved ______: they rejected every offer of amnesty and vowed to fight until the old regime had fallen entirely.
Answer: implacable. Rejecting every amnesty offer shows they could not be pacified: implacable. mundane (ordinary), congruent (consistent) and sordid (morally vile) don't fit this context.