MEANING
Unable or unwilling to be calmed, reconciled, or softened.
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Words that belong together
- implacable hostility
- implacable opponent
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The old feud had made him an implacable opponent.
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Word forms
- Base
- implacable
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more implacable; superlative most implacable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.
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