inconsolability
Cannot be soothed
Inconsolability is the state of being impossible to comfort or console.
The word appears most often in contexts of profound grief or distress that resists all attempts at soothing: The inconsolability of the bereaved mother moved everyone present.
In medical and childcare contexts, inconsolability describes crying or distress that cannot be calmed by normal means.
State without hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
- despondencyProfound loss of hope
wretchedness · misery · torment · agony · suffering · darkness · abyss · emptiness
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
grieving · loss · weeping · tears · elegy · dirge · funeral · eulogy
Refusing to let up
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- prolongedMade to last longer
unceasing · endless · unabating · constant · chronic · sustained · lingering · unappeasable
hopelessness
State without hope
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- bleaknessQuality of being dreary
despondency · wretchedness · misery · torment · agony · suffering · darkness · abyss · emptiness · nihilism
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- keeningVocal mourning for dead
wailing · grieving · loss · weeping · tears · elegy · dirge · funeral · eulogy · widow
unrelenting
Refusing to let up
- relentlessContinuing without pause
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
prolonged · unceasing · endless · unabating · constant · chronic · sustained · lingering · unappeasable · uncomforted
brokenhearted
Overwhelmed with grief
spurned · unrequited · longing · pining · yearning · lovelorn · forsaken · betrayed · crushed · devastated
inconsolabilityconsolability
Ability to be soothed
comfortability · contentment · serenity · tranquility · equanimity
inconsolabilitycontentment
Peaceful satisfaction with circumstances
serenity · equanimity · peace of mind · tranquility · composure
console, consolation, consoled, disconsolate, consoler, inconsolable, consolable, disconsolately, unconsoled