inconsolable
Unable to soothe
Inconsolable describes grief or distress so deep that no comfort can ease it.
A person who is inconsolable cannot be consoled—words of sympathy, embraces, and reassurances fail to help: She was inconsolable after her husband's death.
The word implies overwhelming sorrow rather than mere sadness.
Intense mental suffering
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
woe · suffering · distress · wretchedness · despondent · forlorn · desolate · distraught
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- lossBeing without something
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
keening · weeping · wailing · funeral · eulogy · condolence · bereft · widow
Impossible to restrain
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- unbearableImpossible to endure
- unassuageableImpossible to relieve
- unappeasableCannot be mollified
unsoothable · implacable · inextinguishable · irremediable · incurable · relentless · unrelenting · consuming
Unable to act independently
- futileIncapable of producing results
- irreparableCannot be fixed
- irredeemableImpossible to reform
- defeatedOvercome in contest
resigned · bleak · despairing · pessimistic · abject · fruitless · unavailing · pointless
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
- wistfulSadly longing for something
nostalgic · heartsick · lovesick · languishing · aching · unfulfilled · unrequited · melancholic
anguish
Intense mental suffering
- miseryIntense prolonged distress
- desolationState of complete emptiness
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
agony · woe · suffering · distress · wretchedness · despondent · forlorn · desolate · distraught · devastated
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- grievingFeeling sorrow after loss
- lossBeing without something
lamentation · keening · weeping · wailing · funeral · eulogy · condolence · bereft · widow · widower
uncontrollable
Impossible to restrain
- overwhelmingIntensely excessive in force
- unbearableImpossible to endure
- unassuageableImpossible to relieve
unappeasable · unsoothable · implacable · inextinguishable · irremediable · incurable · relentless · unrelenting · consuming · all-consuming
helpless
Unable to act independently
- futileIncapable of producing results
- irreparableCannot be fixed
- irredeemableImpossible to reform
defeated · resigned · bleak · despairing · pessimistic · abject · fruitless · unavailing · pointless · impotent
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- homesickLonging for one's dwelling
wistful · nostalgic · heartsick · lovesick · languishing · aching · unfulfilled · unrequited · melancholic · plaintive
remorseful
Feeling guilt for wrongdoing
- guilt-riddenTormented by remorse
- regretfulFeeling sorrow over actions
- ashamedFeeling guilt and disgrace
contrite · penitent · anguished · tormented · haunted · burdened · conscience-stricken · repentant · rueful
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, grieving
- sadnesssad, unhappy, grief, sorrowful, heartbroken
- overwhelmedstressed, overwhelmed, stressed out, burnt out, burned out
inconsolableconsolable
Able to be soothed
comfortable · reassurable · resilient · placable · thick-skinned