inconsolable
adjective
[ ɪnkənˈsəʊləb(ə)l ]
• (of a person or their grief) not able to be comforted or alleviated.
• "his widow, Jane, was inconsolable"
Similar:
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,
heartsick,
dolorous,
Origin:
late 16th century: from French, or from Latin inconsolabilis, from in- ‘not’ + consolabilis ‘able to be consoled’, from the verb consolari (see console1).
