implacable enemy

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• implacable — [[t]ɪmplæ̱kəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that someone is implacable, you mean that they have very strong feelings of hostility or disapproval which nobody can change. ...the threat of invasion by a ruthless and implacable enemy... The move… …   English dictionary

• implacable — adjective very determined to continue opposing someone or something: an implacable enemy | The tabloid newspapers remained implacable in their opposition. implacably adverb: A few organizations remain implacably opposed to Sunday trading.… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• implacable — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin implacabilis, from in + placabilis placable Date: 15th century not placable ; not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated < an implacable enemy > • implacability noun •… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• implacable — implacability, implacableness, n. implacably, adv. /im plak euh beuhl, play keuh /, adj. not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy. [1375 1425; late ME < L implacabilis. See IM 2, PLACABLE] Syn. unappeasable,… …   Universalium

• implacable — im•plac•a•ble [[t]ɪmˈplæk ə bəl, ˈpleɪ kə [/t]] adj. not to be appeased, mollified, or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy[/ex] • Etymology: 1375–1425; late ME < L implācābilis. See im II, placable im•plac a•bil′i•ty, im•plac′a•ble•ness …   From formal English to slang

• implacable — /ɪmˈplækəbəl / (say im plakuhbuhl) adjective not placable; not to be appeased or pacified; inexorable: an implacable enemy. {Latin implācābilis} –implacability /ɪmˌplækəˈbɪləti/ (say im.plakuh biluhtee), implacableness, noun –implacably, adverb …  

• enemy — n. 1) to conquer, overcome, rout an enemy 2) to confront, face an enemy 3) an arch, avowed, bitter, implacable, mortal, sworn; common; formidable, powerful; insidious; mutual; natural; political; secret enemy 4) a public enemy 5) (misc.) to be… …   Combinatory dictionary

• enemy — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bitter, deadly, great, implacable, mortal, sworn ▪ biggest, worst ▪ dangerous …   Collocations dictionary

• implacable — adj. Implacable is used with these nouns: ↑enemy, ↑foe, ↑hatred, ↑hostility …   Collocations dictionary

• Mortal enemy — Mortal Mor tal, a. [F. mortel, L. mortalis, from mors, mortis, death, fr. moriri 8die; akin to E. murder. See {Murder}, and cf. {Filemot}, {Mere} a lake, {Mortgage}.] 1. Subject to death; destined to die; as, man is mortal. [1913 Webster] 2.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• mortal enemy — (also mortal foe) Inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy …   New dictionary of synonyms