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Definition of Inconsolable
1. Adjective. Sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled. "Inconsolable when her son died"
Similar to: Desolate
Derivative terms: Disconsolateness
Antonyms: Consolable
Definition of Inconsolable
1. a. Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate.
Definition of Inconsolable
1. Adjective. Not consolable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Inconsolable
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Inconsolable
Literary usage of Inconsolable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1868)
"DURING the few days that the bûcheron remained in prison previous to his removal
to his permanent place of detention, he was quite inconsolable, ..."
2. Our Wild Indians: Thirty-three Years Personal Experience Among the Red Men by Richard Irving Dodge (1884)
"... Horrible Wounds — A " Good Cry " versus a " Good Howl " — inconsolable Widows —
Midnight Wails—Letting oft' Superfluous Unhappiness — Joining in tin; ..."
3. A History of New York: Containing, Among Many Surprising and Curious Matters by Washington Irving (1831)
"CHAPTER I. In which the death of a great man is shown to be no very inconsolable
matter of sorrow—and how Peter ..."
4. Goldsmith's Roman History: Abridged by Himself, for the Use of Schools by Oliver Goldsmith (1825)
"Drusus, the son of Livia, died in his return from an expedition against the
Germans, leaving Augustus inconsolable for ..."
5. A History of New York: From the Beginning of the World to the End of the by Washington Irving (1820)
"In which the death of a great man is shown to be no very inconsolable matter of
... inconsolable ..."
6. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1890)
"As he drew away and left, the city editor heard him say : "So he might; so he
might." THE inconsolable HUSBAND. ..."
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