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Meanings of inconsolable in English
Sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled.
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Examples for "disconsolate"
Examples for "disconsolate"
1
The landlady moved in the background, a disconsolate figure with a grievance.
2
I waited for ages, sipping fizzy water and becoming steadily more disconsolate.
3
Nor was the disconsolate matron the only one who lamented her losses.
4
The schoolmistress did not look in the least disconsolate after Nicky's departure.
5
G. Look up, thou poor disconsolate; you speak of quitting earthly enjoyments.
1
For the next two days she had been unconsolable.
2
The grief of the queen was unconsolable.
3
The violin fairly sobbed and groaned and wailed, as if the spirit of unconsolable grief were tugging heavily at the strings.
4
The next morning when one of his friends arrived, just before daylight, he was nearly speechless and utterly unconsolable, looking twenty years older.
Usage of inconsolable in English
1
The consternation of her friends knew no bounds; her father was inconsolable.
2
But when they were translated to the sky the Berai-Berai were inconsolable.
3
My father appeared inconsolable; and, naturally, Clarice and I were very unhappy.
4
And an inconsolable Lieutenant, Christian thought grimly, made for an unhappy Sergeant.
5
Jondalar thought of his brother's inconsolable sorrow and understood it more now.
6
Sita perished upon the spot, and the widower remained inconsolable-fora time.
7
When the report reached Richmond that Jackson was dying Davis was inconsolable.
8
The mother said her daughter, who has recently started university, was inconsolable.
9
The emperor is there, crying and bemoaning his death, and is inconsolable.
10
Monsieur de Bourneval died three years later and I am still inconsolable.
11
There must have been an emptiness inside the girl, an inconsolable feeling.
12
He was inconsolable, even though he had gotten his long-sought-after capital financing.
13
I asked him to forgive me, but the old man was inconsolable.
14
Her husband loved her tenderly, and was long inconsolable for her loss.
15
Madame Giffard was deeply disappointed at this prospect, and Rose was inconsolable.
16
Should it be otherwise, should they never return, I should be inconsolable.
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Inconsolable through the time
Inconsolable across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common