different between harsh vs inexorable

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)

1. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
2. Severe or cruel.

Antonyms

• genteel

Translations

Verb

harsh (third-person singular simple present harshes, present participle harshing, simple past and past participle harshed)

1. (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
2. (transitive, slang) to put a damper on (a mood).

Synonyms

• rough

Derived terms

• harshly
• harshness

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inex?r?bilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ex?r?bilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Ex?r?bilis is derived from ex?r?re (from ex?r? (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ?r? (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ?s (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?éh?os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n??ks???b?l/, /?n??ks??b(?)l/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??n?ks??b(?)l/
• Hyphenation: in?ex?or?a?ble

Adjective

inexorable (comparative more inexorable, superlative most inexorable)

1. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable. [from mid 16th c.]

   Synonyms: implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, unpreventable, unrelenting, unstoppable; see also Thesaurus:inevitable

   Antonym: exorable
2. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting. [from mid 16th c.]

   Antonym: exorable
3. Adamant; severe.

   Antonym: exorable

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

References

Further reading

• inexorable in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• inexorable in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inexorabilis.

Adjective

inexorable (masculine and feminine plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

Derived terms

• inexorablement

Further reading

• “inexorable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “inexorable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “inexorable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “inexorable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.n??.z?.?abl/

Adjective

inexorable (plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

   Synonym: inéluctable

Derived terms

• inexorabilité
• inexorablement

Further reading

• “inexorable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inex?r?bilis.

Adjective

inexorable (plural inexorables)

1. inexorable

Related terms

• inexorablemente