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Definition of inconsolable adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

inconsolable

adjective
 
/ˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbl/
 
/ˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbl/
(also less frequent unconsolable)
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  1. very sad and unable to accept help or comfort
    • They were inconsolable when their only child died.
    • inconsolable grief
    Topics Feelingsc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInconsolable is used with these nouns:
    • grief
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French, or from Latin inconsolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + consolabilis ‘able to be consoled’, from the verb consolari (from con- ‘with’ + solari ‘soothe’).
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