inexorable | ||
1. | [ adjective ] not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty | |
Synonyms: | grim relentless stern unforgiving unrelenting unappeasable | |
Examples: | "grim determination" "grim necessity" "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty" "relentless persecution" "the stern demands of parenthood |
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Related terms: | implacable | |
2. | [ adjective ] not capable of being swayed or diverted from a course; unsusceptible to persuasion | |
Synonyms: | adamant intransigent adamantine | |
Examples: | "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind" "Cynthia was inexorable she would have none of him"- W.Churchil |
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Related terms: | inflexible | |
Similar spelling: |
inexorably insurable incurable inexorability incurableness incorrigible inshore insurability incurability incurably incorrect |