inconsolable

Definitions


[ˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbl], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated
(e.g: his widow, Jane, was inconsolable)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 16th century: from French, or from Latin inconsolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + consolabilis ‘able to be consoled’, from the verb consolari (see console)




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