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UNAPPEASABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unappeasable mean?
• UNAPPEASABLE (adjective)
The adjective UNAPPEASABLE has 1 sense:
1. not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
Familiarity information: UNAPPEASABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty
Synonyms:
grim; inexorable; relentless; stern; unappeasable; unforgiving; unrelenting
Context example:
the stern demands of parenthood
Similar:
implacable (incapable of being placated)
Context examples
Yes, always, she replied, without knowing what she said, for her thoughts had wandered far from the subject, as soon afterwards appeared by her suddenly exclaiming, I remember hearing you once say, Mr. Darcy, that you hardly ever forgave, that your resentment once created was unappeasable.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
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