Vocabulary

Implacable

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
unable to be appeased or placated.
Urdu meaning
کٹھور، سنگ دل، سخت، ناقابل تسخیر
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. On the eastern front an implacable foe continues to issue threats and insist its `Operation Sindoor` the name of its military action against Pakistan in May is not over.
    Dawn Editorials — The tyranny of geography — 2025-12-01
  2. China`s recognition that its diplomacy will not significantly postpone a day of reckoning with a fearful and implacable US.
    Dawn Editorials — Doing something good — 2025-09-18
  3. But there is no chance of peace between Iran and Israel, who remain implacable enemies.
    Dawn Editorials — `Man of peace`? — 2025-06-30
  4. Confronted with an implacable adversary Pakistan initially pursued a strategy of external balancing by forging military alliances with the West to counter India and its hegemonic ambitions.
    Dawn Editorials — The nuclear factor — 2025-05-12
  5. It`s been airbrushed from public memory that Israel and Iran, seen as implacable adversaries today, were inseparable siblings before the advent of Ayatollah Khomeini.
    Dawn Editorials — A fitting metaphor for Gaza — 2023-11-07
Synonyms
unappeasable, unpacifiable, unplacatable, unmollifiable, unforgiving, unsparing, grudge-holding, inexorable

Antonyms
appeasable, placable, conciliable, mitigable
Curator example
“he was an implacable enemy of Ted’s”

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