INCONSOLABLE


Meaning of INCONSOLABLE in English

/ ˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbl; NAmE -ˈsoʊl-/ (also un·con·sol·able ) adjective

very sad and unable to accept help or comfort :

They were inconsolable when their only child died.

►  in·con·sol·ably / -əbli; NAmE / (also un·con·sol·ably ) adverb :

to weep inconsolably

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WORD ORIGIN

late 16th cent.: from French , or from Latin inconsolabilis , from in- not + consolabilis able to be consoled, from the verb consolari (from con- with + solari soothe).

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