Meanings
comparative more inconsolable · superlative most inconsolable
- Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
Near-synonyms: miserable, despondent; see also Thesaurus:sad
1 more example
Salah looked inconsolable as he was led from the pitch and Sergio Ramos had some nerve offering a sympathetic hug on the way off.
2018 May 26, Daniel Taylor, “Liverpool go through after Mohamed Salah stops Manchester City fightback”, in The Guardian (London)Synonyms: unconsolable, miserable, despondent, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivesad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latininconsolabilis
- Middle Frenchinconsolable
- Englishinconsolable
Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis; by surface analysis, in- + consolable, or, by surface analysis, in- + console + -able.
More words from Middle French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безутешен
- безутешен (bezutešen)Not consolable
Catalan inconsolable
- inconsolableNot consolable
Dutch ontroostbaar
- ontroostbaarNot consolable
Finnish lohduton, murheen murtama
- lohdutonNot consolable
- murheen murtamaNot consolable
French inconsolable
- inconsolableNot consolable
German untröstlich
- untröstlichNot consolable
Greek απαρηγόρητος
- απαρηγόρητος (aparigóritos)Not consolable
Hungarian megvigasztalhatatlan, vigasztalhatatlan
- megvigasztalhatatlanNot consolable
- vigasztalhatatlanNot consolable
- vigasztalanNot consolable
Icelandic óhuggandi
- óhuggandiNot consolable
Italian inconsolabile
- inconsolabileNot consolable
Latin inconsolabilis
- inconsolabilisNot consolable
Polish niepocieszony, nieukojony
- niepocieszonyNot consolable
- nieukojonyNot consolable
- nieutulonyNot consolable
Portuguese inconsolável
- inconsolávelNot consolable
Russian безуте́шный, неуте́шный
- безуте́шный (bezutéšnyj)Not consolable
- неуте́шный (neutéšnyj)Not consolable
Spanish inconsolable, desconsolado
- inconsolableNot consolable
- desconsoladoNot consolable
Cite this entry
inconsolable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsolable
“inconsolable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsolable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “inconsolable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconsolable.
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