Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: inexorable
IPA transcription: [,ɪn'ɛksɚəbəl]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: grim, inexorable, relentless, stern, unappeasable, unforgiving, unrelenting
    Meaning: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"
  • Synonyms: adamant, adamantine, inexorable, intransigent
    Meaning: impervious to pleas, persuasion, requests, reason; "he is adamant in his refusal to change his mind"; "Cynthia was inexorable; she would have none of him"- W.Churchill; "an intransigent conservative opposed to every liberal tendency"
Usage examples
  • Doomed by inexorable fate
  • Leave me; I am inexorable."
  • The inexorable finger underwent no change.
  • She gratefully thanked him but remained inexorable.
  • We have to descend; the stomach's inexorable claims demand it.
  • "I could not have done that," says my pride, and remains inexorable.
  • The inexorable pendulum had swung the counter direction, and there was upon me an urgent need.
  • He arose to his feet, and baring his bosom, looked steadily on the keen, glittering knife, that was already upheld by his inexorable judge.
  • You would think him gentle, yet in some things he is inexorable as death; and the worst of it is, my conscience will hardly permit me to dissuade him from his severe decision: certainly, I cannot for a moment blame him for it.
  • He promised to conduct her to England-he did.-O, Madam, you know the rest!-Disappointed of the fortune he expected, by the inexorable rancour of the Duvals, he infamously burnt the certificate of their marriage, and denied that they had ever been united.