unconsolable

1. 1.

   sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled

   “inconsolable when her son died”

   Synonymsinconsolabledisconsolate

   Similardesolate

Questions about unconsolable

What does unconsolable mean?

unconsolable means "sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled".

How many syllables are in unconsolable?

unconsolable has 5 syllables: un-con-so-la-ble. The stress falls on "so".

What is another word for unconsolable?

Close synonyms include inconsolable, disconsolate. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is unconsolable a common word?

unconsolable is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.