inconsolable

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.

Word forms

inconsolable more inconsolable most inconsolable

Etymology

Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis; by surface analysis, in- + consolable, or, by surface analysis, in- + console + -able.

Synonyms

unconsolable miserable despondent atrabiliary atrabilious blitheless dispirited blue bummed out chapfallen cheerless chopfallen crestfallen cut up damp dejected depressed disgruntled disconsolate disheartened dismal doleful dolesome down down in the dumps down in the mouth downcast downhearted downsome dull elegiac elegious forlorn gloomy glum grief-stricken grieving heavy-hearted heartsore heartsick inconsolable infelicitous jawfallen joyless lachrymose lamentful low low-spirited lugubrious lumpish melancholic melancholy moody mopey morose mournful passionate plaintive Plutonian Plutonic

Related words

consolability consolableness unconsolability unconsolable unconsolably

Derived words

inconsolability inconsolableness inconsolably

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