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20 words match “PLACABLE”

PLACABLE a.
fied; ready or willing to be pacified; willing to forgive or condone. Methought I saw him placable and mild. Milton.
PLACABLENESS n.
The quality of being placable.
IMPLACABLE a. 2 definitions
Not placable; not to be appeased; incapable of being pacified; inexorable; as, an implacable prince. I see thou art implacable. Milton. An object of implacable enmity. Macaulay.
IMPLACABLENESS n.
The quality of being implacable; implacability.
UNPLACABLE a.
Implacable. [Obs.]
APPEASABLE a.
Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. -- Ap*peas"a*ble*ness, n.
BITTERNESS n.
ity or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress, grief, or vexation of mind. The lip that curls with bitterness. Percival. I will complain in the bitterness of my soul. Job vii. 11.…
DEADLY a. 2 definitions
Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies. Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. Shak.
FIEND n.
An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon. Into this wild abyss the wary fiend Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while. Milton. O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend. Pope.…
FORGIVING a.
Disposed to forgive; inclined to overlook offenses; mild; merciful; compassionate; placable; as, a forgiving temper. -- For*giv"ing*ly, adv. -- For*giv"ing*ness, n. J. C. Shairp.
IMPLACABILITY n.
The quality or state of being implacable.
IMPLACABLY adv.
In an implacable manner.
INCENSEMENT n.
Fury; rage; heat; exasperation; as, implacable incensement. Shak.
INEXPIABLE a.
Incapable of being mollified or appeased; relentless; implacable. [Archaic] "Inexpiable hate." Milton. They are at inexpiable war with all establishments. Burke.
IRRECONCILABLE a.
Not reconcilable; implacable; incompatible; inconsistent; disagreeing; as, irreconcilable enemies, statements. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*ble*ness, n. -- Ir*rec"on*ci`la*bly, adv.
MORTAL a.
l hours. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott. Mortal foe, Mortal enemy, an inveterate, desperate, or implacable enemy; a foe bent on one's destruction.
PACABLE a.
Placable. [R.] Coleridge.
PACIFIABLE a.
Capable of being pacified or appeased; placable.
PACIFICABLE a.
Placable. [R.] Bp. Hall.
PLACABILITY n.
The quality or state of being placable or appeasable; placable disposition.