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harsh
English
Etymology
From Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old Norse harskr (whence Danish harsk (“rancid”), dialectal Norwegian hersk, Swedish härsk); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and Middle Low German harsch (“rough”, literally “hairy”) (whence also German harsch), from haer (“hair”); the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /h???/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /h???/
- Rhymes: -??(?)?
Adjective
harsh (comparative harsher, superlative harshest)
- Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
- Severe or cruel.
Antonyms
- genteel
Translations
Verb
harsh (third-person singular simple present harshes, present participle harshing, simple past and past participle harshed)
- (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
- (transitive, slang) to put a damper on (a mood).
Synonyms
- rough
Derived terms
- harshly
- harshness
Translations
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implacable
English
Etymology
From Middle English impl?c?ble (“immitigable, unappeasable”) from Old French implacable (“harsh, unrelenting; implacable”) (modern French implacable), from Latin impl?c?bilis (“unappeasable, implacable; irreconcilable”), from im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + pl?c?bilis (“placable; appeasing, moderating, pacifying, propitiating; acceptable”) (from pl?c? (“to assuage, pacify, placate; to appease; to reconcile”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m?plæk?b(?)l/, /-?ple?-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?plæk?b?l/
- Hyphenation: im?pla?ca?ble
Adjective
implacable (comparative more implacable, superlative most implacable)
- Not able to be placated or appeased.
- Synonyms: (obsolete) impacable, irreconcilable, unassuageable, (obsolete) unplacable, unpleasable
- Antonyms: appeasable, assuageable, pacable, pacifiable, placable
- Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.
- Synonyms: relentless, unremitting, unyielding
- Adamant; immovable.
Derived terms
- implacability
- implacableness
- implacably
Related terms
Translations
References
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin impl?c?bilis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /im.pl??ka.bl?/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /im.pla?ka.ble/
Adjective
implacable (masculine and feminine plural implacables)
- implacable (not able to be placated or appeased)
Derived terms
- implacablement
Related terms
- implacabilitat
Further reading
- “implacable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Latin impl?c?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.pla.kabl/
Adjective
implacable (plural implacables)
- implacable, harsh, unrelenting
Derived terms
- implacabilité
- implacablement
Further reading
- “implacable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin impl?c?bilis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /impla?kable/, [?m.pla?ka.??le]
- Hyphenation: im?pla?ca?ble
Adjective
implacable (plural implacables)
- implacable, harsh, unrelenting
Derived terms
- implacablemente
Related terms
- aplacar
- implacabilidad
Further reading
- “implacable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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