unconsolable
- adjective
- /ˌʌnkənˈsoʊləbəl/
:
inconsolable
- She had a slight limp, like Queen Balkis; she was beautiful: an unconsolable star.
Just pacing back and forth with him for hours and just unconsolable.
- Just pacing back and forth with him for hours and just unconsolable.
Examples
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Poetry either lied by giving nature a sympathy his science could not detect in it, or lied by redeeming and consoling for losses that were meaningless and unconsolable.
Academic text (1995) -
But you know for a fact is unconsolable at this person.
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You prepare as best you can, but there's only so much you can do with an unconsolable child.
Blog text (16) -
When the narrator proceeds to quote Pascal, it is thus in English, in a numbered fragment that stands out in Toussaint's French text, emphasizing its message: the unconsolable misery of the human condition.
Academic text (1997) -
After losing her best friend, she felt completely unconsolable and unable to move on.
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He sat in silence, unconsolable after hearing the tragic news of his family's loss.
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No words of comfort could ease her sorrow; she remained unconsolable throughout the night.
Synonyms
10
7.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
2
8.2
Very sad and not able to be comforted
1
7.5
Not comforted after feeling sad or disappointed
How Consolable
Surface Forms
Morphology
unconsolable = consolable (transparent) = un + console + able
Formed by prefixing 'un-' (not) to 'consolable' (able to be comforted); the negation is regular and predictable.
Etymology
Unconsolable is made of un- meaning 'not' and console meaning 'to comfort', like the word consolation. So, unconsolable describes someone who is extremely sad and cannot be comforted.