Inexorable
[ɪn'eks(ə)rəb(ə)l] or [ɪn'ɛksərəbl]
Definition
(a.) 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.
Typist: Margery
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unrelenting, relentless, implacable, pitiless, merciless, unmerciful, uncompassionate, hard, cruel, not to be moved by entreaty.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Merciless, unrelenting, implacable, unalterable
ANT:Lenient, exorable, indulgent, benignant, clement
Checker: Sinclair
Definition
adj. not to be moved by entreaty: unrelenting: unalterable.—ns. Inex′orableness Inexorabil′ity.—adv. Inex′orably.—Inexorable logic of facts Mazzini's phrase for the inexorable force of circumstances whose conclusions are beyond the reach of argument.
Checker: Nathan
Examples
- All flashed indignant or appealing glances at the inexorable Davis, and one passionate lime lover burst into tears. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- New York was inexorable in its condemnation of business irregularities. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I never saw a more inexorable face in my life. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Holmes sat in a great, old-fashioned chair, his inexorable eyes gleaming out of his haggard face. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The terror of his face lay in his eyes, however, steel gray, and glistening coldly with a malignant, inexorable cruelty in their depths. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mr. van der Luyden supplied short ones on Opera nights; but they were so good that they made his guests deplore his inexorable punctuality. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I read an inexorable purpose in his gray eyes. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- An eternal, inexorable lapse of moments is ever hurrying the day of the evil to an eternal night, and the night of the just to an eternal day. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Graham waxed inexorable on hearing the pleading tone; he took the scissors from his mother's work-basket. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I seem to be in the grasp of some resistless, inexorable evil, which no foresight and no precautions can guard against. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Holmes's cold and inexorable manner showed the secretary that it was useless to argue with him. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Diana Rivers had designated her brother inexorable as death. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Not on no account,' replied the inexorable creditor. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Leave me; I am inexorable. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- I mean into religious custody, of course; but she really did it as if she were an inexorable moral policeman carrying them all off to a station-house. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- She gratefully thanked him but remained inexorable. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
Checker: Nathan