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inexorable

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Main Entry: inexorable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: cruel, pitiless

Synonyms:

adamant, adamantine, bound, bound and determined, compulsory, dead set on, dogged, hard, harsh, hell bent on, immobile, immovable, implacable, ineluctable, inescapable, inflexible, ironclad, like death and taxes, locked in, mean business, merciless, necessary, no going back, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, remorseless, resolute, rigid, set in stone, severe, single-minded, stubborn, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, unmovable, unrelenting, unyielding

Antonyms:

flexible, lenient, merciful, remorseful, yielding
Main Entry: adamant
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: unyielding

Synonyms:

determined, firm, fixed, hanging tough, hard-nosed, immovable, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, intransigent, obdurate, pat, relentless, resolute, rigid, set, set in stone, standing pat, stiff, stubborn, unbendable, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unshakable, unswayable

Antonyms:

flexible, pliant, submissive, yielding
Main Entry: austere
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: severe in manner

Synonyms:

ascetic, astringent, cold, earnest, exacting, forbidding, formal, grave, grim, hard, harsh, inexorable, inflexible, obdurate, rigid, rigorous, serious, sober, solemn, somber, stern, stiff, strict, stringent, unfeeling, unrelenting

Antonyms:

bland, calm, gentle, meek, mild
Main Entry: cruel
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: vicious, pitiless; causing pain

Synonyms:

atrocious, barbarous, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, degenerate, demoniac, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, hateful, heartless, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, merciless, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, rancorous, relentless, revengeful, ruthless, sadistic, sinful, spiteful, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, vicious, virulent, wicked

Antonyms:

charitable, compassionate, considerate, feeling, gentle, kind, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel
Main Entry: destined
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: bound for, fated in near future

Synonyms:

at hand, brewing, certain, closed, coming, compelled, compulsory, condemned, designed, directed, doomed, foreordained, forthcoming, hanging over, impending, in prospect, in store, in the cards, in the wind, ineluctable, inescapable, inevitable, inexorable, instant, intended, looming, meant, menacing, near, ordained, overhanging, predesigned, predestined, predetermined, que sera sera, sealed, settled, stated, that is to be, that will be, threatening, to come, unavoidable, way the ball bounces

Antonyms:

avoidable, unscheduled
Main Entry: dogged
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: determined, persistent

Synonyms:

adamant, bullheaded, firm, hanging tough, hard-nosed, hardheaded, indefatigable, inexorable, inflexible, insistent, mulish, obdurate, obstinate, perseverant, perseverative, persevering, pertinacious, pigheaded, relentless, resolute, rigid, single-minded, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, tenacious, tough nut, unbending, unflagging, unshakable, unyielding

Antonyms:

indifferent, irresolute, undetermined, yielding
Main Entry: grim
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: hopeless, horrible in manner, appearance

Synonyms:

austere, barbarous, bleak, cantankerous, churlish, crabbed, cruel, crusty, dogged, ferocious, fierce, forbidding, foreboding, formidable, frightful, funereal, ghastly, gloomy, glowering, glum, grisly, grouchy, gruesome, grumpy*, harsh, hideous, horrid, implacable, inexorable, intractable, merciless, morose, ominous, relentless, resolute, ruthless, scowling, severe, shocking, sinister, somber, sour, splenetic, stern, stubborn, sulky, sullen, surly, terrible, truculent, unrelenting, unyielding

Antonyms:

bright, cheerful, happy, hopeful, joyful, sunny
Main Entry: implacable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: merciless, cruel

Synonyms:

grim, inexorable, inflexible, intractable, ironfisted, mortal, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, unappeasable, unbending, uncompromising, unflinching, unforgiving, unrelenting, unyielding, vindictive
Notes: placable is 'of a tolerant nature' - the opposite of implacable

Antonyms:

kind, merciful, nice, placable
Main Entry: inevitable
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: certain; cannot be avoided

Synonyms:

all locked up, assured, binding, compulsory, decided, decreed, destined, determined, doomed, fated, fateful, fixed, for certain, foreordained, imminent, impending, in the bag, ineluctable, ineludible, inescapable, inexorable, inflexible, irresistible, irrevocable, necessary, no ifs ands or buts, obligatory, ordained, pat, prescribed, settled, sure, unalterable, unavoidable, undeniable, unpreventable, without recourse

Antonyms:

avoidable, doubtful, escapable, fortuitous, preventable, uncertain, unlikely, unsure
Main Entry: inflexible
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: stubborn

Synonyms:

adamant, adamantine, determined, dogged, dyed-in-the-wool, firm, fixed, hard, hard-and-fast, immovable, immutable, implacable, indomitable, inexorable, intractable, iron, obdurate, obstinate, relentless, resolute, rigid, rigorous, set, set in one's ways, single-minded, stand one's ground, staunch, steadfast, steely, stiff, strict, stringent, unadaptable, unbending, unchangeable, uncompliant, uncompromising, unrelenting, unswayable, unyielding

Antonyms:

flexible, reasonable, willing, yielding
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