English Explanatory Dictionary

inexorable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Impossible to prevent or stop; inevitable.
  2. Unable to be persuaded; relentless; unrelenting.
  3. Adamant; severe.

Pronunciation

/ɪnˈɛksɔɹəbəl/ /ɪnˈɛksɹəb(ə)l/ /ɪnˈɛksɚəb(ə)l/ en-au-inexorable.ogg

Word forms

inexorable more inexorable most inexorable

Etymology

From Middle French inexorable, from Latin inexōrābilis (“relentless, inexorable”) (or directly from the Latin word), from in- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + exōrābilis (“that may be moved or persuaded by entreaty; exorable”). Exōrābilis is derived from exōrāre (from exōrō (“to persuade, win over; to beg, entreat, plead”), from ex- (prefix meaning ‘out of’) + ōrō (“to beg, entreat, plead, pray; to deliver a speech, orate”), from ōs (“mouth”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃éh₁os (“mouth”)) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon). By surface analysis, in- + exorable.

Synonyms

implacable ineluctable inescapable unpreventable unrelenting unstoppable avoidless certain fatal foregone impreventable inevitable inexorable irresistible natural necessary predictable unavoidable unforestallable unescapable

Antonyms

exorable

Related words

exorability exorable exorableness

Derived words

inexorability inexorableness inexorably
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