Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Impossible or difficult to console; despondent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not consolable; incapable of being consoled or alleviated: as, an inconsolable mourner; inconsolable grief.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.
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- adjective Not consolable
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Chief Eunuch brought her before the T'ang Emperor, Ming Huang, at a time when the old man was inconsolable from the double deaths of his beloved Empress and his favourite mistress.
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So the Jews first laughed at God's threats, confident that they should speedily return; then, when cast down from that confidence, they sank in inconsolable despondency. expected end -- literally, "end and expectation," that is, an end, and that such an end as you wish for.
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But former boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, and her partner, Howard K. Stern have been described as inconsolable since her death.
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On his return to town he found that the sugar-refiner had died and that his widow was inconsolable -- in other words, in want of consolation.
Barchester Towers Anthony Trollope 1848
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The footballer's 28-year-old wife, Toni, was described as inconsolable and "humiliated" by her husband's alleged antics.
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This continued in to the dressing rooms at half-time where coach Delio Rossi had no choice but to hook the emotional Azzuri international, claiming he was 'inconsolable'.
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I am told that the word that was used at one point was "inconsolable," just in terms of her anger at this.
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I - I am told that the word that was used at one point was "inconsolable," just in terms of her anger at this.
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Ray had very quickly appreciated what the word 'inconsolable' truly meant.
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2001
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Poor Beaucourt, he was "inconsolable" when he and Dickens finally parted three years afterwards -- for twice again did the latter occupy a house, but not this same house, on "the property."
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