irrefragable
Meanings
Adj
- Which cannot be refuted; clearly right, incontrovertible, indisputable, irrefutable.
- Which cannot or should not be broken; indestructible.
- Of a person: obstinate, stubborn.
Origin / Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin irrefrāgābilis (“irrefragable”) + English -able (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘able or fit to be done’). Irrefrāgābilis is derived from Latin ir- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + refrāgārī + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives indicating a capacity or worth of being acted upon); while refrāgārī is the present active infinitive of refrāgor (“to oppose, resist; to gainsay, thwart”) (further etymology uncertain, possibly from re- (prefix meaning ‘again’) + fragor (“a breaking, shattering; a crash; din, uproar”) (from frangō (“to break, shatter”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”))), formed as an antonym of suffrāgōr, the first-person singular present passive indicative of suffrāgō (“to support; to vote for”).
Synonyms
adamant, ardent, bent on, bloody-minded, bullheaded, certain, chronic, confirmed, determined, diehard, dogged, hard-hearted, hard-nosed, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, inarguable, incalcitrant, incontestable, incontrovertible, indeniable, indisputable, indubitable, inflexible, insistent, intractable, intransigent, intrepid, inveterate, inviolable, irrebuttable, irrecusable, irrefragable, irresistible, mulish, nondeniable, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, peevish, peremptory, persistent, pertinacious, pigheaded, recalcitrant, refractory, resolute, resolved, rigid, self-willed, stalwart, staunch, steadfast, steady, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, sullen, tenacious, terminal, thran, thwart, tough, truculent, unanswerable, unassailable, unattackable, unbending, unchallengeable, uncompromising, uncontrovertible, undebatable, undeniable, undiscutable, undisputable, undoubtable, unimpeachable, unquestionable, unrebuttable, unrecusable, unshakable, unyielding, vehement, wilful, willful
Antonyms
contestable, controvertible, deniable, disputable, dubitable, firm, inelastic, inflexible, questionable, refragable, refutable, rigid, stiff, unbendable
Scrabble Score: 18
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