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Inconsolable - English meaning

Inconsolable – definitions in English dictionary

adjective

(of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated.

Usage examples:

His widow, jane, was inconsolable

Synonims:

HeartbrokenBroken-heartedUnable to be comfortedUnable to be consoledGrief-strickenProstrate with griefBeside oneself with griefDevastatedWretchedSick at heartDesolateDespairingDis
adjective

So sad or disappointed that it is impossible for anyone to make you feel better

Usage examples:

They were inconsolable after the death of their young son.

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伤心欲绝

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Ontroostbaar

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Inconsolable

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Untröstlich, Trostlos

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गमगीन, शोकाकुल

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Inconsolabile

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위로할 수 없는, 위로할 길 없는

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Безутешный, Неутешный, Безысходный

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Inconsolable

Word origin

late 16th century: from French, or from Latin inconsolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + consolabilis ‘able to be consoled’, from the verb consolari (see console1).

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Inconsolable – similar words

inconsolably

adverb

In so sad or disappointed a way that it is impossible for anyone to make you feel better

Usage examples:

The child was crying inconsolably., i would wake in the middle of the night sobbing inconsolably.
Inconsolably - all meanings in English

Inconsolable synonims

broken-hearted

adjective

Extremely unhappy about the failure or end of something

Broken-hearted - all meanings in English

desolate

ˈdes.əl.ət

adjective

(of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

Usage examples:

A desolate pennine moor
verb

Make (a place) appear bleakly empty.

Usage examples:

The droughts that desolated the dry plains
adjective

(of a place) having no living things; empty

Usage examples:

A desolate landscape, when her son left for a year abroad, she felt desolate.
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despairing

dɪˈspeə.rɪŋ

adjective

Showing the loss of all hope.

Usage examples:

He gave a despairing little shrug
verb

Lose or be without hope.

Usage examples:

We should not despair
adjective

Showing or feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation

Usage examples:

A despairing glance/cry, with every day that passed he became ever more despairing.
Despairing - all meanings in English

devastated

ˈdev.ə.steɪ.tɪd

verb

Destroy or ruin.

Usage examples:

The city was devastated by a huge earthquake
adjective

Completely destroyed

Usage examples:

Thousands of people have left their devastated villages and fled to the mountains., she was utterly…
adjective

Very shocked and upset

Usage examples:

She was utterly devastated when her husband died.
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dis

dɪs

verb

Speak disrespectfully to or criticize.

Usage examples:

I don't like her dissing my friends
noun

Disrespectful talk.

prefix

Expressing negation.

Usage examples:

Disadvantage
Dis - all meanings in English

heartbroken

adjective

Suffering from overwhelming distress.

Usage examples:

He was heartbroken at the thought of leaving the house
adjective

Feeling very sad or disappointed

Usage examples:

Alexis was heartbroken when she was dropped from the team.
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sick at heart

idiom

Very unhappy

Usage examples:

David was sick at heart about having to leave his family behind.
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wretched

adjective

(of a person) in a very unhappy or unfortunate state.

Usage examples:

I felt so wretched because i thought i might never see you again
adjective

Unhappy or extremely sad

Usage examples:

He looked so ill and wretched as he spoke that he made me feel wretched myself., workers lived in w…
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