单词 | unpacifiable |
释义 | unpacifiableadj. Not pacifiable; implacable, inconsolable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > severity > [adjective] > not reduced in severity > not able to be implacable1590 unpacifiable1595 unpacificable1608 unassuageable1611 unmitigablea1616 unabatable1837 1595 R. Robinson tr. V. Strigel Third Proceeding Harmonie King Davids Harp lix. 138 Saul persecuted Dauid with an implacable or vnpacifiable hatred. 1689 C. Mather Early Piety (ed. 2) 34 He had an unpacifiable Dissatisfaction at himself until good Thoughts were lodg'd in him. 1788 Summary & Philos. View Dutch 127 When provoked, they are very unpacifiable, till their wrath has had its vent. 1860 Washington (Indiana) Weekly Tel. 20 July 1/4 To think what a heavy, hungry, unpacifiable baby I carried on that day. 1919 E. T. Clark Social Stud. War iii. 84 She has gone to the most unusual length in her attempts to pacify the unpacifiable people. 2010 J. Dee Privileges 7 Ruth went off on one of her unpacifiable jags about Cynthia's stepfather Warren being ‘a part of this family’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1595 |
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