Definition of inconsolable in English:

inconsolable

adjective ɪnkənˈsəʊləb(ə)lˌɪnkənˈsoʊləb(ə)l

(of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated.
（人）难以安抚的；（痛苦）缓和不了的
his widow, Jane, was inconsolable
他的遗孀，简，悲痛至极。
Example sentencesExamples
- She was inconsolable for a few days, and then she forgave him like she always did.
- The neighbourhood was chaos, mud and inconsolable grief.
- Nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her mother into inconsolable grief.
- We were wholly inconsolable; it took a good few days for us to calm down.
- People back at the apartment had tried to cheer him up, but he was inconsolable.
- They were inconsolable; both died brokenhearted.
- One day when he was particularly inconsolable, I called out to the mother.
- There is resignation for some and inconsolable grief for others, and over all of them hovers the shadow of David.
- Her grief-stricken sisters tried to help her but she was inconsolable.
- In the immediate aftermath of that victory, he was inconsolable.
- The injury threw out her preparation, and when she finished last in the semi-final she was inconsolable.
- The brothers comfort Precious when she's inconsolable, and rock her to sleep when she wakes up crying in the middle of the night.
- When the tooth fairy stopped coming, I was inconsolable and the awful truth about Father Christmas was almost more than I could bear as a teenager.
- Good writers seem to know that they are permanently inconsolable.
- She even made notes on my account indicating that she'd tried to placate me, but ultimately I was inconsolable.
- He is now inconsolable and finds deeper meanings in the fact that he has chosen both finance and marketing courses.
- Flat out, face down in the dirt, he was inconsolable, not least in the dressing-room afterwards, when few words were exchanged between players.
- I got to the end of the set and sang ‘Dinner at Eight’ and I was just inconsolable.
- I always loved to see her, but on that weekend, I was just inconsolable.
- She was inconsolable, hypersensitive to her loss and numb to the world.
Synonyms
heartbroken, broken-hearted, unable to be comforted, unable to be consoled, grief-stricken, prostrate with grief, beside oneself with grief, devastated, wretched, sick at heart, desolate, despairing, distraught, comfortless
miserable, unhappy, sad
literary heartsick, dolorous

Derivatives

inconsolability

nounɪnkənsəʊləˈbɪlɪti

It is this apparent sameness that lies at the root of the sorrow, the inconsolability, of the living, who want the world to bear its sorrows physically, to betray the signs of an existence that will never again be the same.
Example sentencesExamples
- Such were the limits of their unifying inconsolability.
- He deeply respects Larkin's inconsolability in the face of the surest fact of all, but responds more vividly, in the end, to Yeats's visionary transformations.

inconsolably

adverbˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbliˌɪnkənˈsoʊləbli

We last see her crying inconsolably, now that she has lost not only her name, but also the one person ever to show her genuine kindness and love.
Example sentencesExamples
- Her aunt, Lillian, sobbed inconsolably as they all tried desperately to come to terms with a tragedy which has not just touched the local community but families, particularly mothers, right across the country.
- The screenwriter starts sobbing inconsolably, then asks, ‘What kind of maniac could do such terrible things?’
- Quite unlike home, there are a number of other small children in the classroom, some of them sobbing inconsolably, and a few others screaming at the top of their little voices.
- Outside the courtroom, McDonald, in a neat white blouse and a black leather blazer, puts her face in her hands and begins to sob inconsolably.

Origin

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

Definition of inconsolable in US English:

inconsolable

adjectiveˌinkənˈsōləb(ə)lˌɪnkənˈsoʊləb(ə)l

(of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated.
（人）难以安抚的；（痛苦）缓和不了的
his widow, Jane, was inconsolable
他的遗孀，简，悲痛至极。
Example sentencesExamples
- In the immediate aftermath of that victory, he was inconsolable.
- When the tooth fairy stopped coming, I was inconsolable and the awful truth about Father Christmas was almost more than I could bear as a teenager.
- They were inconsolable; both died brokenhearted.
- Nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her mother into inconsolable grief.
- She even made notes on my account indicating that she'd tried to placate me, but ultimately I was inconsolable.
- I got to the end of the set and sang ‘Dinner at Eight’ and I was just inconsolable.
- I always loved to see her, but on that weekend, I was just inconsolable.
- She was inconsolable, hypersensitive to her loss and numb to the world.
- Flat out, face down in the dirt, he was inconsolable, not least in the dressing-room afterwards, when few words were exchanged between players.
- The injury threw out her preparation, and when she finished last in the semi-final she was inconsolable.
- The neighbourhood was chaos, mud and inconsolable grief.
- One day when he was particularly inconsolable, I called out to the mother.
- She was inconsolable for a few days, and then she forgave him like she always did.
- Good writers seem to know that they are permanently inconsolable.
- People back at the apartment had tried to cheer him up, but he was inconsolable.
- He is now inconsolable and finds deeper meanings in the fact that he has chosen both finance and marketing courses.
- There is resignation for some and inconsolable grief for others, and over all of them hovers the shadow of David.
- We were wholly inconsolable; it took a good few days for us to calm down.
- The brothers comfort Precious when she's inconsolable, and rock her to sleep when she wakes up crying in the middle of the night.
- Her grief-stricken sisters tried to help her but she was inconsolable.
Synonyms
heartbroken, broken-hearted, unable to be comforted, unable to be consoled, grief-stricken, prostrate with grief, beside oneself with grief, devastated, wretched, sick at heart, desolate, despairing, distraught, comfortless

Origin

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

单词	inconsolable
释义	Definition of inconsolable in English: inconsolable adjective ɪnkənˈsəʊləb(ə)lˌɪnkənˈsoʊləb(ə)l (of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated. （人）难以安抚的；（痛苦）缓和不了的 his widow, Jane, was inconsolable 他的遗孀，简，悲痛至极。 Example sentencesExamples She was inconsolable for a few days, and then she forgave him like she always did. The neighbourhood was chaos, mud and inconsolable grief. Nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her mother into inconsolable grief. We were wholly inconsolable; it took a good few days for us to calm down. People back at the apartment had tried to cheer him up, but he was inconsolable. They were inconsolable; both died brokenhearted. One day when he was particularly inconsolable, I called out to the mother. There is resignation for some and inconsolable grief for others, and over all of them hovers the shadow of David. Her grief-stricken sisters tried to help her but she was inconsolable. In the immediate aftermath of that victory, he was inconsolable. The injury threw out her preparation, and when she finished last in the semi-final she was inconsolable. The brothers comfort Precious when she's inconsolable, and rock her to sleep when she wakes up crying in the middle of the night. When the tooth fairy stopped coming, I was inconsolable and the awful truth about Father Christmas was almost more than I could bear as a teenager. Good writers seem to know that they are permanently inconsolable. She even made notes on my account indicating that she'd tried to placate me, but ultimately I was inconsolable. He is now inconsolable and finds deeper meanings in the fact that he has chosen both finance and marketing courses. Flat out, face down in the dirt, he was inconsolable, not least in the dressing-room afterwards, when few words were exchanged between players. I got to the end of the set and sang ‘Dinner at Eight’ and I was just inconsolable. I always loved to see her, but on that weekend, I was just inconsolable. She was inconsolable, hypersensitive to her loss and numb to the world. Synonyms heartbroken, broken-hearted, unable to be comforted, unable to be consoled, grief-stricken, prostrate with grief, beside oneself with grief, devastated, wretched, sick at heart, desolate, despairing, distraught, comfortless miserable, unhappy, sad literary heartsick, dolorous Derivatives inconsolability nounɪnkənsəʊləˈbɪlɪti It is this apparent sameness that lies at the root of the sorrow, the inconsolability, of the living, who want the world to bear its sorrows physically, to betray the signs of an existence that will never again be the same. Example sentencesExamples Such were the limits of their unifying inconsolability. He deeply respects Larkin's inconsolability in the face of the surest fact of all, but responds more vividly, in the end, to Yeats's visionary transformations. inconsolably adverbˌɪnkənˈsəʊləbliˌɪnkənˈsoʊləbli We last see her crying inconsolably, now that she has lost not only her name, but also the one person ever to show her genuine kindness and love. Example sentencesExamples Her aunt, Lillian, sobbed inconsolably as they all tried desperately to come to terms with a tragedy which has not just touched the local community but families, particularly mothers, right across the country. The screenwriter starts sobbing inconsolably, then asks, ‘What kind of maniac could do such terrible things?’ Quite unlike home, there are a number of other small children in the classroom, some of them sobbing inconsolably, and a few others screaming at the top of their little voices. Outside the courtroom, McDonald, in a neat white blouse and a black leather blazer, puts her face in her hands and begins to sob inconsolably. Origin Late 16th century: from French, or from Latin inconsolabilis, from in- 'not' + consolabilis 'able to be consoled', from the verb consolari (see console¹). Definition of inconsolable in US English: inconsolable adjectiveˌinkənˈsōləb(ə)lˌɪnkənˈsoʊləb(ə)l (of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated. （人）难以安抚的；（痛苦）缓和不了的 his widow, Jane, was inconsolable 他的遗孀，简，悲痛至极。 Example sentencesExamples In the immediate aftermath of that victory, he was inconsolable. When the tooth fairy stopped coming, I was inconsolable and the awful truth about Father Christmas was almost more than I could bear as a teenager. They were inconsolable; both died brokenhearted. Nine months before, a terrible accident plunged her mother into inconsolable grief. She even made notes on my account indicating that she'd tried to placate me, but ultimately I was inconsolable. I got to the end of the set and sang ‘Dinner at Eight’ and I was just inconsolable. I always loved to see her, but on that weekend, I was just inconsolable. She was inconsolable, hypersensitive to her loss and numb to the world. Flat out, face down in the dirt, he was inconsolable, not least in the dressing-room afterwards, when few words were exchanged between players. The injury threw out her preparation, and when she finished last in the semi-final she was inconsolable. The neighbourhood was chaos, mud and inconsolable grief. One day when he was particularly inconsolable, I called out to the mother. She was inconsolable for a few days, and then she forgave him like she always did. Good writers seem to know that they are permanently inconsolable. People back at the apartment had tried to cheer him up, but he was inconsolable. He is now inconsolable and finds deeper meanings in the fact that he has chosen both finance and marketing courses. There is resignation for some and inconsolable grief for others, and over all of them hovers the shadow of David. We were wholly inconsolable; it took a good few days for us to calm down. The brothers comfort Precious when she's inconsolable, and rock her to sleep when she wakes up crying in the middle of the night. Her grief-stricken sisters tried to help her but she was inconsolable. Synonyms heartbroken, broken-hearted, unable to be comforted, unable to be consoled, grief-stricken, prostrate with grief, beside oneself with grief, devastated, wretched, sick at heart, desolate, despairing, distraught, comfortless Origin Late 16th century: from French, or from Latin inconsolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + consolabilis ‘able to be consoled’, from the verb consolari (see console).
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