Definition of "inconsolable" []

• Impossible or difficult to console; despondent: was inconsolable after his pet died. (adjective)

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• "The Chief Eunuch brought her before the T'ang Emperor, Ming Huang, at a time when the old man was inconsolable from the double deaths of his beloved Empress and his favourite mistress."
• "So the Jews first laughed at God's threats, confident that they should speedily return; then, when cast down from that confidence, they sank in inconsolable despondency. expected end -- literally, "end and expectation," that is, an end, and that such an end as you wish for."
• "But former boyfriend, Larry Birkhead, and her partner, Howard K. Stern have been described as inconsolable since her death."