INEFFACEABLE Synonyms: 33 Similar and Opposite Words

ineffaceable

adjective

Definition of ineffaceable

as in indelible

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Recent Examples of ineffaceable The relic, with ghostly, ineffaceable traces of the original handiwork, is in the show. — Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 29 May 2017

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Adjective

Their tale asks essential, intriguing questions and casts an indelible spell.

— Lizz Schumer, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Kane Brown is reaching back to one of country music’s most indelible boot prints.

— SPIN Staff, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of indelible

Adjective

The contradictions of their closeness aren’t papered over; the unease is allowed to linger, inflamed and ineradicable.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
Here is Strout at her most emotionally precise, capturing a universal human longing in a single ineradicable image.

— Julia M. Klein, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2026

Definition of ineradicable

Adjective

None of them is the classic 1927 Hamilton Deane stage adaptation of Bram Stoker’s immortal 1897 novel.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026
This realization is the stepping stone out of a mistaken belief in mortal mind’s reality into the grand verity and all-harmonious cosmos of immortal Mind.

— The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of immortal

Adjective

He was signed by Real Madrid in 2010 at the start of Jose Mourinho’s first spell in charge but played just 15 times before leaving for Valencia a year later in a loan deal that was then made permanent.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
As a more permanent legacy, the museum has produced companion volumes for each of the three itineraries introduced in 2022, 2024, and 2026.

— Ingrid D. Rowland, The New York Review of Books, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of permanent

Adjective

Instead of clarity and stability, the future of Russian politics will reflect the consequences of the seemingly deathless regime that Putin has built.

— Julian G. Waller, Foreign Affairs, 7 Aug. 2026
There is the deathless debate around the compatibility — or otherwise — of winning and entertaining.

— The Athletic Staff, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2026

Definition of deathless

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