unsoothable
Cannot be calmed
Unable to be soothed or calmed.
The word applies to distress that resists all comfort—a crying baby, an anxious mind, a grief too raw for consolation: The child was unsoothable after losing her favorite toy.
It suggests that attempts at calming have been made and failed.
Incapable of being pacified
- intractableImpossible to manage
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
- unbendingRefusing to change position
unyielding · immovable · intransigent · unappeasable · unrelenting · inflexible · rigid · resolute
Unable to be comforted
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- bereavedDeprived by death
- devastatedOverwhelmed by grief
anguished · distraught · disconsolate · mournful · sorrowful · forlorn · lamenting · despondent
Unable to be comforted
- fussyExcessively particular
- colickyAfflicted with abdominal spasms
- cryingEmotional tear release
- wailingProlonged mournful crying
screaming · fretful · restless · agitated · distressed · tantrum · hysterical · overwrought
Causing extreme suffering
- agonizingIntensely painful or distressing
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- rackingInflicting severe strain
- searingBrowning with intense heat
throbbing · burning · relentless · unrelenting · persistent · chronic · gnawing · nagging
implacable
Incapable of being pacified
- intractableImpossible to manage
- adamantStubbornly refusing to yield
- obstinateFirmly refusing to yield
unbending · unyielding · immovable · intransigent · unappeasable · unrelenting · inflexible · rigid · resolute · steadfast
inconsolable
Unable to be comforted
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- grief-strickenOverwhelmed by profound loss
- bereavedDeprived by death
devastated · anguished · distraught · disconsolate · mournful · sorrowful · forlorn · lamenting · despondent · woeful
inconsolable
Unable to be comforted
wailing · screaming · fretful · restless · agitated · distressed · tantrum · hysterical · overwrought · worked-up
excruciating
Causing extreme suffering
- agonizingIntensely painful or distressing
- piercingPenetrating or very sharp
- rackingInflicting severe strain
searing · throbbing · burning · relentless · unrelenting · persistent · chronic · gnawing · nagging · deep-seated
unsoothableconsolable
Able to be soothed
comfortable · pacifiable · placatable · appeasable · placable
unsoothabletranquil
Calm and untroubled
serene · placid · calm · composed · untroubled
unsoothablequenchable
Able to be satisfied
satisfiable · satiable · unquenchable · content · at peace
soothe, soothed, soothing, soothingly, soother, soothers, unsoothed, sooth, soothsayer