Word of the Day 2.20.09
inexorable
in·ex·o·ra·ble (
n-
k
s
r--bl)
adj.
Not capable of being persuaded by entreaty; relentless: an inexorable opponent; a feeling of inexorable doom. See Synonyms at inflexible.
[Latin inex
r
bilis : in-, not; see in-1 + exrbilis, pliant (from exrre, to prevail upon : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex- + rre, to argue).]
in·ex
o·ra·bili·ty, in·exo·ra·ble·ness n.
in·exo·ra·bly adv.
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| Adj. | 1. | inexorable – not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; “grim determination”; “grim necessity”; “Russia’s final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty”; “relentless persecution”; “the stern demands of parenthood”
implacable – incapable of being placated; “an implacable enemy”
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| 2. | inexorable – impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; “he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind”; “Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him”- W.Churchill; “an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency”
inflexible – incapable of change; “a man of inflexible purpose”
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