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Definition of irrefragable in English: irrefragableadjective ɪˈrɛfrəɡəb(ə)lɪˈrɛfrəɡəb(ə)l Not able to be refuted or disproved; indisputable. 无可辩驳的;无可非议的;毋庸置疑的 Example sentencesExamples - There was the irrefragable need for the British to effect transfers of wealth to London on the Company's accounts as well as those of private agents, who were often Company employees.
- So a supporter is by definition powerless; all he can do is make life hell for people and that, football has long agreed, is his irrefragable right.
- What remains, then, is the results column: and the indisputable, ineluctable, irrefragable proof that money can buy success in sport.
Synonyms incontrovertible, incontestable, undeniable, irrefutable, unassailable, beyond dispute, unquestionable, beyond question, indubitable, not in doubt, beyond doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, unarguable, inarguable, undebatable, unanswerable
Derivativesadverb The calling of priest separates him distinctly and irrefragably from the lives of the peasants, to whose spiritual needs he officially ministers. Example sentencesExamples - The African approach to time has delved irrefragably into her very lifeblood.
- It may indeed be irrefragably averred that the institution of mass media could not have been envisaged or derived even until late feudalism.
- Yet, as the record showed, there were circumstances irrefragably indicating that some person had gained access to old Jaffrey Pyncheon's private apartments, at or near the moment of his death.
- Unless people can irrefragably prove that the rulers seized power wrongfully, they are obliged to submit.
OriginMid 16th century: from late Latin irrefragabilis, from in- 'not' + refragari 'oppose'. Definition of irrefragable in US English: irrefragableadjectiveiˈrefrəɡəb(ə)lɪˈrɛfrəɡəb(ə)l Not able to be refuted or disproved; indisputable. 无可辩驳的;无可非议的;毋庸置疑的 Example sentencesExamples - There was the irrefragable need for the British to effect transfers of wealth to London on the Company's accounts as well as those of private agents, who were often Company employees.
- What remains, then, is the results column: and the indisputable, ineluctable, irrefragable proof that money can buy success in sport.
- So a supporter is by definition powerless; all he can do is make life hell for people and that, football has long agreed, is his irrefragable right.
Synonyms incontrovertible, incontestable, undeniable, irrefutable, unassailable, beyond dispute, unquestionable, beyond question, indubitable, not in doubt, beyond doubt, beyond a shadow of a doubt, unarguable, inarguable, undebatable, unanswerable
OriginMid 16th century: from late Latin irrefragabilis, from in- ‘not’ + refragari ‘oppose’. |