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English Dictionary: inconsolable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
inconsolable
adj
  1. sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died"
    Synonym(s): inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable
    Antonym(s): consolable
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Inconsolable \In`con*sol"a*ble\, a. [L. inconsolabilis: cf. F.
      inconsolable. See {In-} not, and {Console}.]
      Not consolable; incapable of being consoled; grieved beyond
      susceptibility of comfort; disconsolate. --Dryden.
  
               With inconsolable distress she griev'd, And from her
               cheek the rose of beauty fied.               --Falconer.
      -- {In`con*sol"a*ble*ness}, n. -- {In`con*sol"a*bly}, adv.
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