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IMPLACABLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Incapable of being placated
Example:
an implacable enemy
Classified under:
Similar:
grim; inexorable; relentless; stern; unappeasable; unforgiving; unrelenting (not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty)
unmitigable (incapable of being mitigated)
Also:
merciless; unmerciful (having or showing no mercy)
Antonym:
placable (easily calmed or pacified)
Context examples:
I mentioned to Mr. Spenlow in the morning, that I wanted leave of absence for a short time; and as I was not in the receipt of any salary, and consequently was not obnoxious to the implacable Jorkins, there was no difficulty about it.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
He learned to sneak about camp, to be crafty, to know what was going on everywhere, to see and to hear everything and to reason accordingly, and successfully to devise ways and means of avoiding his implacable persecutor.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
