"inconsolable" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more inconsolable [comparative], most inconsolable [superlative]
Etymology: As if in- + consolable, from Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|consolable}} in- + consolable, {{uder|en|frm|inconsolable}} Middle French inconsolable, {{uder|en|la|inconsolabilis}} Latin inconsolabilis Head templates: {{en-adj}} inconsolable (comparative more inconsolable, superlative most inconsolable)
  1. Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress. Synonyms: unconsolable Derived forms: inconsolability, inconsolableness, inconsolably Translations (Not consolable): անամոք (anamokʻ) (Armenian), няўцешны (njaŭcješny) (Belarusian), безутешен (bezutešen) (Bulgarian), inconsolable (Catalan), ontroostbaar (Dutch), lohduton (Finnish), murheen murtama (Finnish), inconsolable (French), inconsolable (Galician), untröstlich (German), απαρηγόρητος (aparigóritos) (Greek), megvigasztalhatatlan (Hungarian), vigasztalhatatlan (Hungarian), vigasztalan (Hungarian), óhuggandi (Icelandic), inconsolabile (Italian), inconsolabilis (Latin), niepocieszony (Polish), nieukojony (Polish), nieutulony (Polish), inconsolável (Portuguese), безуте́шный (bezutéšnyj) (Russian), неуте́шный (neutéšnyj) (Russian), neutješan (Serbo-Croatian), inconsolable (Spanish), desconsolado (Spanish)

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      "sense": "Not consolable",
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      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "lohduton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
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      "sense": "Not consolable",
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      "sense": "Not consolable",
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aparigóritos",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "απαρηγόρητος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "megvigasztalhatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "vigasztalhatatlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "vigasztalan"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "óhuggandi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "inconsolabile"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "inconsolabilis"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "niepocieszony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "inconsolável"
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      "sense": "Not consolable",
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      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "неуте́шный"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "neutješan"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "inconsolable"
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Not consolable",
      "word": "desconsolado"
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}

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