inconsolable
[in-kuh n-soh-luh-buh l]
- not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate: She was inconsolable when her son died.
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Origin of inconsolable
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Contemporary Examples
Even an “inconsolable” grief-stricken person is accessible to his or her other loved ones.
Bereavement Doesn’t Equal Depression, and It’s No Disease for the DSMT. Byram Karasu
January 27, 2012
Unsettled and inconsolable, Renai insists they move again, only to find the disturbances follow them to their new house.
Historical Examples
The King, who had caused a sumptuous banquet to be prepared, was inconsolable.
The Fairy Tales of Charles PerraultCharles Perrault
She had gone off with a M. de Langlade, and her husband was inconsolable.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
When the day came that they must go he was inconsolable though he made no complaint.
Gilian The DreamerNeil Munro
I should have been inconsolable if I had not made your acquaintance.
A Hungarian NabobMaurus Jkai
Fanny was inconsolable when Dame Kramm confided to her its contents.
A Hungarian NabobMaurus Jkai
inconsolable
- incapable of being consoled or comforted; disconsolate
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