irreconcilable
irreconcilable adjective: unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
Adjective
irreconcilable (comparative more irreconcilable, superlative most irreconcilable)
- Unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
- [T]he fact that the peccant doctor [Sir James Clark, 1st Baronet] continued in the Queen's service made the Hastings family irreconcilable and produced an unpleasant impression of unrepentant error upon the public mind.1921, Lytton Strachey, “Lord Melbourne”, in Queen Victoria, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, section VI, page 82
- Synonyms:
- hostile, hateful, antagonistic
- Incompatible, discrepant, contradictory.
- I amused myself by thinking that in his choice of books he showed pleasantly the irreconcilable sides of his fantastic nature.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXVI, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
- According to Marx and Engels, Lenin points out, the state is the result of irreconcilable class antagonisms, but not in the sense that it harmonizes them or arbitrates between them; on the contrary, the state as such has hitherto always been the instrument whereby the possessing classes have...1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
Noun (1)
irreconcilable (plural irreconcilables)
- Something that cannot be reconciled.
Noun (2) capitalized: Irreconcilable
Irreconcilable (plural Irreconcilables)
- A Confederate who moved to another country following the American Civil War, rather than live in a reunited United States.
- A vociferous opponent of the Treaty of Versailles.
irreconcilable meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
irreconcilable in Tamil
- ஒத்திணைந்து வராத, விட்டுக் கொடுக்காத
irreconcilable in Bengali
- শত্রুভাবাপন্ন
irreconcilable in Malayalam
- conflicting, incompatible, at odds
- പൊരുത്തപ്പെടുത്താനാവാത്ത, ചേർന്നുപോകാത്ത, യോജിപ്പിക്കാനാകാത്ത, പൊരുത്തപ്പെടാൻ സാദ്ധ്യമല്ലാത്ത, പരസ്പരവിരുദ്ധമായ, പൊരുത്തമില്ലാത്ത
- implacable, unappeasable, uncompromising
- പൊരുത്തപ്പെടാത്ത, അനുരഞ്ജനത്തിനു തയ്യാറാകാത്ത, ഇണങ്ങാത്ത, സമാധാനപ്പെടുത്താൻ സാദ്ധ്യമല്ലാത്ത, സന്ധിപ്പിക്കാൻ കഴിയാത്ത, രഞ്ജിപ്പിക്കാനാവാത്ത
irreconcilable in Kannada
- ರಾಜಿ ಮಾಡಲಾಗದ, ಬದ್ಧ ವೈರದ, ಹೊಂದಲಾಗದ, ಹೊಂದಾಣಿಕೆಯಿಲ್ಲದ, ಒಟ್ಟು ಸೇರದ
Synonyms of irreconcilable
Forms of irreconcilable
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more irreconcilable |
| superlative | most irreconcilable |
| Noun | |
| plural | irreconcilables |
| plural | Irreconcilables |
Origin of irreconcilable
Borrowed from Middle French irréconciliable, from Late Latin irreconciliābilis, from in- (“not”) + reconciliō (“to reconcile”) + -ābilis (“-able”). By surface analysis, ir- + reconcilable.
Words formed from irreconcilable
Phrases with irreconcilable
Questions about irreconcilable
- What does irreconcilable mean?
- Irreconcilable means unable to be reconciled; opposed; uncompromising.
- What is irreconcilable in Tamil?
- Irreconcilable in Tamil is ஒத்திணைந்து வராத, விட்டுக் கொடுக்காத. See Irreconcilable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is irreconcilable?
- Irreconcilable can be an adjective or a noun.
Words near irreconcilable in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: irreconcilable (page history and authors); Irreconcilable (page history and authors); irreconcilable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irreconcilable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irreconcilable (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); irreconcilable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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