About The Word Inexorable
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Inexorable
Inexorable Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Inexorable?
[adj] not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion; "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 tendancy"
[adj] 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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Inexorable: adamant | adamantine | grim | implacable | inflexible | intransigent | relentless | stern | unappeasable | unforgiving | unrelenting Related Terms | Find terms related to Inexorable: adamant | adamantine | bowelless | cast-iron | certain | cruel | dog-eat-dog | dogged | dour | fated | fateful | firm | flinty | fundamentalist | grim | hard | hard-core | harsh | heartless | hidebound | immobile | immovable | immutable | implacable | impliable | inclement | indefeasible | inelastic | ineluctable | inescapable | inevasible | inevitable | inflexible | intransigent | iron | ironbound | ironclad | ironhanded | irreconcilable | irresistible | irrevocable | merciless | muscle-bound | necessary | obdurate | obstinate | orthodox | pitiless | procrustean | purist | puristic | puritan | puritanic | relentless | remorseless | resistless | resolute | rigid | rigorist | rigoristic | rigorous | rockbound | rock-ribbed | ruthless | single-minded | steely | stern | stiff | straightlaced | straitlaced | stubborn | sure | sure as death | sure as fate | unaffected | unalterable | unavoidable | unbending | unchangeable | uncompassionate | uncompassioned | uncompromising | uncontrollable | undeflectable | unfeeling | unforgiving | ungiving | unmerciful | unmoved | unpitiful | unpitying | unpreventable | unrelenting | unremorseful | unstoppable | unsympathetic | unsympathizing | unyielding | without mercy See Also | Inexorable In Webster's Dictionary \In*ex"o*ra*ble\, a. [L. inexorabilis: cf. F.
inexorable. See {In-} not, and {Exorable}, {Adore}.]
Not to be persuaded or moved by entreaty or prayer; firm;
determined; unyielding; unchangeable; inflexible; relentless;
as, an inexorable prince or tyrant; an inexorable judge.
``Inexorable equality of laws.'' --Gibbon. ``Death's
inexorable doom.'' --Dryden.
You are more inhuman, more inexorable, O, ten times
more than tigers of Hyrcania. --Shak.
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