Dictionary.com
definitions

irreconcilable

[ih-rek-uh n-sahy-luh-buh l, ih-rek-uh n-sahy-]
|
SEE MORE SYNONYMS FOR irreconcilable ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

incapable of being brought into harmony or adjustment; incompatible: irreconcilable differences.
incapable of being made to acquiesce or compromise; implacably opposed: irreconcilable enemies.

noun

a person or thing that is irreconcilable.
a person who is opposed to agreement or compromise.

RELATED CONTENT

Literature’s Most Lovable GrumpsLiterature is full of chipper lemonade-makers, but there’s something about those lemon-sucking grumps that draws readers in.
READ MORE

RELATED WORDS

implacable, uncompromising, inexorable, incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, clashing, discordant, discrepant, dissonant, hard-line, inflexible, inharmonious, intransigent, opposed, reluctant, unfriendly, unappeasable

Nearby words

  1. irrawaddy,
  2. irreal,
  3. irreality,
  4. irrebuttable,
  5. irreclaimable,
  6. irrecoverable,
  7. irrecusable,
  8. irredeemable,
  9. irredenta,
  10. irredentism

Origin of irreconcilable

First recorded in 1590–1600; ir-2 + reconcilable
Related formsir·rec·on·cil·a·bil·i·ty, ir·rec·on·cil·a·ble·ness, nounir·rec·on·cil·a·bly, adverb
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for irreconcilable

British Dictionary definitions for irreconcilable

irreconcilable

adjective

not able to be reconciled; uncompromisingly conflicting; incompatible

noun

a person or thing that is implacably hostile or uncompromisingly opposed
(usually plural) one of various principles, ideas, etc, that are incapable of being brought into agreement
Derived Formsirreconcilability or irreconcilableness, nounirreconcilably, adverb
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for irreconcilable

irreconcilable

adj.

1590s, from French irréconcilable (16c.), from Medieval Latin *irreconcilabilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + reconcilabilis (see reconcile). Related: Irreconcilably. As a noun from 1748.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper