inconsolable Add to list Share. Someone inconsolable can’t be comforted because they’re extremely sad and despairing. To console someone is to comfort them with kind words, hugs, or otherwise. When someone is inconsolable, they’re so upset that all the words and hugs in the world are ineffective.
What are 3 synonyms for inconsolable?
synonyms for inconsolable
disconsolate.unconsolable.comfortless.dejected.desolate.despairing.discouraged.distressed.
What is correct inconsolable or Unconsolable?
As adjectives the difference between unconsolable and inconsolable. is that unconsolable is not consolable while inconsolable is not consolable.
How do you use inconsolable?
Inconsolable in a Sentence
The old man was inconsolable at his wife’s funeral.After our kitten died, my youngest son was inconsolable for weeks.The gymnast was inconsolable after learning she didn’t make the Olympic team. When my daughter is grieving and inconsolable, she doesn’t enjoy any of her normal activities.
What is the base word in inconsolable?
inconsolable (adj.)
1590s, from Latin inconsolabilis “inconsolable,” from in- “not” (see in- (1)) + consolabilis “consolable,” from consolari (see console (v.)).
What’s alleviated mean?
Definition of alleviate
transitive verb. : relieve, lessen: such as. a : to make (something, such as pain or suffering) more bearable a drug that alleviates the symptoms using relaxation techniques to alleviate stress To draw customers, [Richard G.]
Is Unconsolably a word?
adj. Impossible or difficult to console.
Is Disconsolating a word?
adjective. That makes a person disconsolate; disheartening, distressing.
Is agonizingly a word?
Meaning of agonizingly in English. in a way that causes extreme physical or mental pain: My knee was agonizingly painful. Agonizingly hard decisions must be made.
What is the opposite of inconsolable?
easygoing, happy-go-lucky, insouciant, lighthearted, unconcerned.
What is the difference between disconsolate and inconsolable?
As adjectives the difference between inconsolable and disconsolate. is that inconsolable is not consolable while disconsolate is cheerless, dreary.
Is misshapen in the dictionary?
misshapen | American Dictionary
having a shape that is not natural: His knee is badly misshapen from years of football and seven operations.
What does it mean to make a conjecture?
1 : to arrive at or deduce by surmise or guesswork : guess scientists conjecturing that a disease is caused by a defective gene. 2 : to make conjectures as to conjecture the meaning of a statement.
What does it mean to be dejected?
Definition of dejected
1 : low in spirits : depressed The team was dejected after the loss. 2a obsolete : downcast her eyes dejected and her hair unbound— Alexander Pope. b archaic : thrown down.
