inconsolable

Adjective

Meaning

Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

unconsolable disconsolate down low blue crestfallen goner upset unhappy depressed discouraged disturbed sad miserable melancholy
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Antonyms

consolable blithe chipper bright happy fulfilled
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Related terms

unconsolable consolability unconsolably

Phrases with the word

be inconsolable inconsolable baby

Examples

Regret for the things we have done will be tempered by time. It is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. Sydney J. Harris

Honest women are inconsolable for the mistakes they haven't made. Sacha Guitry

Inconsolable to the minuet in Ariadne. Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Weirdly, an image of Adrian's Love painting came back to me. I thought of the jagged red streak, slashing through the blackness, ripping it apart. Staring at Jill and her inconsolable pain, I suddenly understood his art a little bit better. Richelle Mead

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable. Sydney Smith

In a society in which individualism is becoming rampant, people more and more believe that they are the center of the world. Such a belief system makes individual failure almost inconsolable. Martin Seligman

Close letter words and terms

inconsistentness inconsisting inconsolability inconsolable baby inconsolableness inconsolably