inexorableadj.n.

/ɪnˈɛksərəb(ə)l/

Etymology: < Latin inexōrābilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + exōrābilis that can be entreated, exorable adj.; perhaps after French inexorable (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter).

A. adj. Incapable of being persuaded or moved by entreaty; that cannot be prevailed upon to yield to request, esp. in the way of mercy or indulgence; not to be moved from one's purpose or determination; relentless, rigidly severe.

a. Of persons, their actions or attributes.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective] > inexorable

unprayablea1382

inexorable1553

unentreatable1573

unexorable1577

undispensing1644

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible

ironOE

stour1303

strange1338

unmovablea1382

inflexible1398

stoutc1410

unpliablea1425

intreatable1509

stiff1526

stiff-necked1526

unpliant1547

stout-hearted1552

inexorable1553

obstinate1559

strait-laced1560

impersuasible1576

unflexiblea1586

hard-edged1589

adamantive1594

unyielding1594

adder-deaf1597

steeled1600

irrefragable1601

rigid1606

unpersuadable1607

imployable1613

unswayablea1616

uncompellable1623

inflexive?1624

over-rigid1632

unlimbera1639

seta1640

incomplying1640

uncomplying1643

stiff-girt1659

impersuadable1680

unbendinga1688

impracticable1713

unblendable1716

stiff-rumped1728

unconvinciblea1747

uncompounding1782

unplastic1787

unbending1796

adamant1816

uneasy1819

uncompromising1828

cast iron1829

hard-hitting1831

rigoristic1844

ramrod1850

pincé1858

anchylosed1860

unbendable1884

tape-bound1900

tape-tied1900

hard line1903

tough1905

absolutist1907

hard-arsed1942

go-for-broke1946

hardcore1951

hard-arse1966

hard-ass1967

hardball1974

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective] > rigidly or relentlessly

grima1000

steely1508

unbowable1537

inexorable1553

unrelenting1590

unrelentless1606

rigid1610

implacable1611

unrelentable1611

unsoftened1645

unconniving1671

ramrod1850

unexcusing1853

unsoftening1857

tough1905

1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vii. f. 137^v To declare..howe inexorable he was to suche as he wan by force.

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 38 More inexorable farre, Then emptie Tygers, or the roaring sea.

1633 S. Marmion Fine Compan. iv. v Your excuse shall prevail; We are not inexorable upon extremity.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 Death's inexorable Doom.

1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 52 The Spaniards are..cruel, inexorable, uncharitable, voracious.

1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. i. ii. 30 Her mouth spoke inexorable resolution.

1874 J. Parker Paraclete i. ii. 12 As if the uttermost farthing alone would mitigate the severity of the inexorable demand.

b. figurative. Of things (chiefly personified).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > inevitable

uneschewablec1374

unscapablea1382

ineschewable1412

inevitablec1430

intreatable1509

unevitable1539

forcible1574

inextricable1576

unavoidable1577

resistless1590

unshunning1593

unavoided1597

inexorable1600

unpreventablea1601

fatal1605

irrenitible1605

unvoided1612

unescapable1614

shunlessa1616

unshunnablea1616

ineluctable1623

unpreventible1632

undefensablea1642

undeclinable1652

indeclinable1658

ineludible1662

avoidlessa1668

inavoidable1670

infrustrable1677

unhinderable1678

wardless1693

unfrustrable1714

unparryable1770

inescapable1792

inexcludible1817

unproscribable1817

unprecludible1825

undeliverable1843

inevasible1846

scapeless1850

deviceless1851

escapeless1855

unevadable1857

ineliminable1875

inavertible1885

unavertible1897

voidless1908

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. 45 Lawes..are things deafe and inexorable.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. iv. i. 270 Lucian said of the Gout, she was the Queene of diseases, and inexorable.

a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 196 [Destiny] is inflexible and inexorable.

1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. i. 18 How entirely inexorable is the nature of facts.

B. n.

A person who is inexorable.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > inflexibility > inflexible person

rigida1646

rigidist1716

inexorable1748

stickler1799

tough1928

no man1930

toughie1960

hard-ass1962

jobsworth1970

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] > rigid or relentless > person

inexorable1748

unrelenter1818

hardballer1976

1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xviii. 174 The fair inexorable is actually gone to church, with..Mrs. Bevis.

1818 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 238 Two..most beautiful women..who acted..the part of inexorables.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	inexorable
释义	inexorableadj.n. /ɪnˈɛksərəb(ə)l/ Etymology: < Latin inexōrābilis, < in- (in- prefix⁴) + exōrābilis that can be entreated, exorable adj.; perhaps after French inexorable (15–16th cent. in Hatzfeld & Darmesteter). A. adj. Incapable of being persuaded or moved by entreaty; that cannot be prevailed upon to yield to request, esp. in the way of mercy or indulgence; not to be moved from one's purpose or determination; relentless, rigidly severe. a. Of persons, their actions or attributes. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > pitilessness > [adjective] > inexorable unprayablea1382 inexorable1553 unentreatable1573 unexorable1577 undispensing1644 the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [adjective] > inflexible ironOE stour1303 strange1338 unmovablea1382 inflexible1398 stoutc1410 unpliablea1425 intreatable1509 stiff1526 stiff-necked1526 unpliant1547 stout-hearted1552 inexorable1553 obstinate1559 strait-laced1560 impersuasible1576 unflexiblea1586 hard-edged1589 adamantive1594 unyielding1594 adder-deaf1597 steeled1600 irrefragable1601 rigid1606 unpersuadable1607 imployable1613 unswayablea1616 uncompellable1623 inflexive?1624 over-rigid1632 unlimbera1639 seta1640 incomplying1640 uncomplying1643 stiff-girt1659 impersuadable1680 unbendinga1688 impracticable1713 unblendable1716 stiff-rumped1728 unconvinciblea1747 uncompounding1782 unplastic1787 unbending1796 adamant1816 uneasy1819 uncompromising1828 cast iron1829 hard-hitting1831 rigoristic1844 ramrod1850 pincé1858 anchylosed1860 unbendable1884 tape-bound1900 tape-tied1900 hard line1903 tough1905 absolutist1907 hard-arsed1942 go-for-broke1946 hardcore1951 hard-arse1966 hard-ass1967 hardball1974 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [adjective] > rigidly or relentlessly grima1000 steely1508 unbowable1537 inexorable1553 unrelenting1590 unrelentless1606 rigid1610 implacable1611 unrelentable1611 unsoftened1645 unconniving1671 ramrod1850 unexcusing1853 unsoftening1857 tough1905 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vii. f. 137^v To declare..howe inexorable he was to suche as he wan by force. 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet v. iii. 38 More inexorable farre, Then emptie Tygers, or the roaring sea. View more context for this quotation 1633 S. Marmion Fine Compan. iv. v Your excuse shall prevail; We are not inexorable upon extremity. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 99 Death's inexorable Doom. View more context for this quotation 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 52 The Spaniards are..cruel, inexorable, uncharitable, voracious. 1847 B. Disraeli Tancred I. i. ii. 30 Her mouth spoke inexorable resolution. 1874 J. Parker Paraclete i. ii. 12 As if the uttermost farthing alone would mitigate the severity of the inexorable demand. b. figurative. Of things (chiefly personified). ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > inevitable uneschewablec1374 unscapablea1382 ineschewable1412 inevitablec1430 intreatable1509 unevitable1539 forcible1574 inextricable1576 unavoidable1577 resistless1590 unshunning1593 unavoided1597 inexorable1600 unpreventablea1601 fatal1605 irrenitible1605 unvoided1612 unescapable1614 shunlessa1616 unshunnablea1616 ineluctable1623 unpreventible1632 undefensablea1642 undeclinable1652 indeclinable1658 ineludible1662 avoidlessa1668 inavoidable1670 infrustrable1677 unhinderable1678 wardless1693 unfrustrable1714 unparryable1770 inescapable1792 inexcludible1817 unproscribable1817 unprecludible1825 undeliverable1843 inevasible1846 scapeless1850 deviceless1851 escapeless1855 unevadable1857 ineliminable1875 inavertible1885 unavertible1897 voidless1908 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. ii. 45 Lawes..are things deafe and inexorable. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy i. iv. i. 270 Lucian said of the Gout, she was the Queene of diseases, and inexorable. a1720 J. Sheffield Wks. (1753) II. 196 [Destiny] is inflexible and inexorable. 1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. i. i. 18 How entirely inexorable is the nature of facts. B. n. A person who is inexorable. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > obstinacy or stubbornness > [noun] > inflexibility > inflexible person rigida1646 rigidist1716 inexorable1748 stickler1799 tough1928 no man1930 toughie1960 hard-ass1962 jobsworth1970 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > harshness or severity > [noun] > rigid or relentless > person inexorable1748 unrelenter1818 hardballer1976 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa V. xviii. 174 The fair inexorable is actually gone to church, with..Mrs. Bevis. 1818 S. Smith Wks. (1867) I. 238 Two..most beautiful women..who acted..the part of inexorables. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.n.1553
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