different between implacable vs uncompromising

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)

1. Not able to be placated or appeased.

   Synonyms: (obsolete) impacable, irreconcilable, unassuageable, (obsolete) unplacable, unpleasable

   Antonyms: appeasable, assuageable, pacable, pacifiable, placable
2. Impossible to prevent or stop; inexorable, unrelenting, unstoppable.

   Synonyms: relentless, unremitting, unyielding
3. Adamant; immovable.

Derived terms

• implacability
• implacableness
• implacably

Related terms

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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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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.

English

Etymology

un- +? compromising

Adjective

uncompromising (comparative more uncompromising, superlative most uncompromising)

1. Inflexible and unwilling to negotiate or make concessions.
2. Principled.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:obstinate

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