/ 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).