inconsolable

[in-kuhn-soh-luh-buhl]

adjective

1. not able to be comforted or consoled; disconsolate.

   She was inconsolable when her son died.

inconsolable

/ ˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbəl /

adjective

1. incapable of being consoled or comforted; disconsolate

Other Word Forms

• inconsolability noun
• inconsolableness noun
• inconsolably adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of inconsolable¹

1590–1600; < Latin inconsōlābilis. See in- ³, consolable ( def. )

Example Sentences

Shakespeare offers what has become the defining portrait of this inconsolable experience in “King Lear.”

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"I'm a slow reader but I read it cover to cover and I was crying. Completely inconsolable," says Andrea.

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"I was in floods of tears and inconsolable," she said.

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In the car Julia sobbed inconsolably as Marc sat silent in the passenger seat.

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An inconsolable woman said she had lost family members in the quake, while an old man appeared dazed and lost, unable to speak to anyone.

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