'Inconsolable' definitions:

Definition of 'inconsolable'

(from WordNet)
adjective
Sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died" [syn: inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable] [ant: consolable]

Definition of 'Inconsolable'

From: GCIDE
  • Inconsolable \In`con*sol"a*ble\, a. [L. inconsolabilis: cf. F. inconsolable. See In- not, and Console.] Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • With inconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her cheek the rose of beauty fled. --Falconer. -- {In`con*sol"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*sol"a*bly}, adv. Inconsonance

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