implacable

Meanings

Adjective

incapable of being placated
- "an implacable enemy"

Adj

Not able to be placated or appeased.
Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.
Adamant; immovable.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English implācāble (“immitigable, unappeasable”) from Old French implacable (“harsh, unrelenting; implacable”) (modern French implacable), from Latin implācābilis (“unappeasable, implacable; irreconcilable”), from im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + plācābilis (“placable; appeasing, moderating, pacifying, propitiating; acceptable”) (from plācō (“to assuage, pacify, placate; to appease; to reconcile”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon)).

Synonyms

impacable, irreconcilable, relentless, unassuageable, unplacable, unpleasable, unremitting, unyielding

Antonyms

appeasable, assuageable, pacable, pacifiable, placable

Scrabble Score: 18

implacable is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
implacable is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
implacable is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 24

implacable is a valid Words With Friends word