Inconsolable
[ɪnkən'səʊləb(ə)l] or ['ɪnkən'soləbl]
Definition
(adj.) sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; 'inconsolable when her son died' .
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Definition
(a.) Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Disconsolate, woebegone, comfortless, heart-broken, broken-hearted.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Cheerless, joyless, spiritless, melancholy, gloomy, disconsolate, comfortless,forlorn, heartsick, in_dispair
ANT:Cheerful, hopeful, consolable
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Definition
adj. not to be comforted.—n. Inconsol′ableness.—adv. Inconsol′ably.
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Examples
- Was he so very fond of his brother as to be still inconsolable for his loss? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Poor Elizabeth also is quite inconsolable. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Perdita had arrived with her child at Dartford, weeping and inconsolable. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- The children were inconsolable, and Mr. Bhaer's hair stuck straight up all over his head, for he always rumpled it wildly when disturbed in mind. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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