impersuasible

English

Etymology

From im- +‎ persuasible.

Adjective

impersuasible (comparative more impersuasible, superlative most impersuasible)

1. Not persuasible; not to be moved by persuasion.

   Synonyms: impersuadable, unpersuadable

   Antonyms: persuasible, persuadable; movable, reachable; (extreme degree) gullible

   Near-synonyms: obstinate, immovable, unmovable, unyielding

   • 1684, unknown author, A Calendar of Prophetick Time:

     Come , behold the Desolations wrought by God for the space of 67 years on an Empire impersuasible by all the Methods of Grace.

Derived terms

• impersuasibleness

Related terms

• impersuasibility

References

• “impersuasible”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.