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inconsolable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: miserable, despondent; see also Thesaurus:sad

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unconsolable, miserable, despondent, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen, cheerless, chopfallen, crestfallen, cut up, damp, dejected, depressed, disgruntled, disconsolate, disheartened, dismal, doleful, dolesome, down, down in the dumps, down in the mouth, downcast, downhearted, downsome, dull, elegiac, elegious, forlorn, gloomy, glum, grief-stricken, grieving, heavy-hearted, heartsore, heartsick, inconsolable, infelicitous, jawfallen, joyless, lachrymose, lamentful, low, low-spirited, lugubrious, lumpish, melancholic, melancholy, moody, mopey, morose, mournful, passionate, plaintive, Plutonian, Plutonic, querulous, ruthful, sad, saddened, saturnine, shattered, solemn, sombre, sorrowful, sorrow-ridden, sorrowsome, spiritless, sullen, threnetic, threnetical, triste, tristful, uncheerful, uncheery, unhappy, unlively, wistful, woe, woebegone, woeful, wretched

Antonyms: none provided

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adjective

Meaning 2

sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • inconsolable when her son died

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: disconsolate, unconsolable

Antonyms: consolable

History

Etymology

Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis; by surface analysis, in- + consolable, or, by surface analysis, in- + console + -able.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: անամոք (anamokʻ) — Not consolable
  • Belarusian: няўцешны (njawcješny) — Not consolable
  • Bulgarian: безутешен (bezutešen) — Not consolable
  • Catalan: inconsolable — Not consolable
  • Dutch: ontroostbaar — Not consolable
  • Finnish: lohduton — Not consolable
  • Finnish: murheen murtama — Not consolable
  • French: inconsolable — Not consolable
  • Galician: inconsolable — Not consolable
  • German: untröstlich — Not consolable
  • Greek: απαρηγόρητος (aparigóritos) — Not consolable
  • Hungarian: megvigasztalhatatlan — Not consolable
  • Hungarian: vigasztalhatatlan — Not consolable
  • Hungarian: vigasztalan — Not consolable
  • Icelandic: óhuggandi — Not consolable
  • Italian: inconsolabile — Not consolable
  • Latin: inconsolabilis — Not consolable
  • Polish: niepocieszony — Not consolable
  • Polish: nieukojony — Not consolable
  • Polish: nieutulony — Not consolable
  • Portuguese: inconsolável — Not consolable
  • Russian: безуте́шный (bezutéšnyj) — Not consolable
  • Russian: неуте́шный (neutéšnyj) — Not consolable
  • Serbo-Croatian: neutješan — Not consolable
  • Spanish: inconsolable — Not consolable
  • Spanish: desconsolado — Not consolable
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