consolable
adjective
able to be consoled.
unconsolable
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a word derived from
consolable.
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a word derived from
console.
consoleverb (used with object)to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort.
Example Sentences
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Consumers adored her sumptuous and idiosyncratic designs, and when she mysteriously called it quits, her most devoted patrons, sometimes called Philophiles, were disheartened at best and unconsolable at worst.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2019
Gay icon Boy George tweeted he was feeling "unconsolable sadness", while former NSync star Lance Bass expressed his support for his "gay brothers and sisters".
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2016
The mother was almost unconsolable, and the young wife was sorely smitten by the bereavement.
From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Benson John Lossing
The violin fairly sobbed and groaned and wailed, as if the spirit of unconsolable grief were tugging heavily at the strings.
From How Deacon Tubman and Parson Whitney Kept New Year's And Other Stories by W. H. H. (William Henry Harrison) Murray
‘The unconsolable widder of Deacon Bedott will never get married again!’ but she went all the same.
From Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline A Story of the Development of a Young Girl's Life by Jennie M. Drinkwater
