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inconsolability

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

The condition of being inconsolable.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • Sometimes inconsolability may occur in newborns and infants. If your baby is crying so much that you are worried or despairing, call your pediatrician and ask for help.
  • Scenes of utter destruction and inconsolability remind us why war is a bad solution to life's problems. In many cases the (alleged) cure is worse than the disease.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unconsolability, inconsolableness

Antonyms: consolability, consolableness

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, inconsolable + -ity, or, by surface analysis, in- + console + -ability.