unconsolable
Cannot be soothed
Unconsolable means impossible to comfort or soothe—grief or distress so deep that no words or actions can ease it.
This is a less common variant of inconsolable, with identical meaning: The child was unconsolable after losing her dog.
Both forms describe someone beyond the reach of consolation.
Sad and abandoned
- desolateBleak and abandoned
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- lonelyWanting companionship
- forsakenCompletely abandoned or discarded
isolated · alienated · neglected · forgotten · empty · solitary · bereft · adrift
Total absence of hope
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
devastated · shattered · overwhelmed · distraught · wretched · anguished · gut-wrenching · pained
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- lossBeing without something
grieving · lamentation · woe · tears · misery · funeral · wake · eulogy
Total absence of hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- futilityLack of purpose
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
- defeatVictory over another
surrender · bleakness · despondency · discouragement · dejection · pessimism · fatalism · unreachable
Fixed without end
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- irremediableImpossible to correct
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
- lastingContinuing through time
enduring · unfading · indelible · incurable · unhealing · persistent · chronic · unabating
forlorn
Sad and abandoned
forsaken · isolated · alienated · neglected · forgotten · empty · solitary · bereft · adrift · alone
despair
Total absence of hope
- tormentSevere prolonged suffering
- agonyExtreme physical or emotional pain
- sufferingSustained experience of distress
heartbroken · devastated · shattered · overwhelmed · distraught · wretched · anguished · gut-wrenching · pained · afflicted
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
loss · grieving · lamentation · woe · tears · misery · funeral · wake · eulogy · keening
despair
Total absence of hope
- helplessnessLacking ability to cope
- futilityLack of purpose
- resignationVoluntary relinquishment of position
defeat · surrender · bleakness · despondency · discouragement · dejection · pessimism · fatalism · unreachable · unsoothable
permanent
Fixed without end
- irreversibleCannot be undone
- irremediableImpossible to correct
- unrecoverableImpossible to regain
lasting · enduring · unfading · indelible · incurable · unhealing · persistent · chronic · unabating
unconsolableconsolable
Able to be soothed
comfortable · reassurable · cheerable · placable · appeasable
consolable, console, consoled, consoling, consoler, consolation, consolatory, inconsolable, inconsolably