as in heartbroken
feeling unhappiness
he was inconsolable after the death of his wife
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Recent Examples of inconsolable
Jackson was inconsolable on the drive home in 1988, convinced that the men didn’t believe her.
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025
Practically inconsolable, Nate perked up when Frederick, older by two years, had a suggestion: Come play basketball with me instead.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In the fall of 1938, shortly after Germany annexed Czechoslovakia’s border regions, including the town where his family lived, 3-year-old Petr Wolfgang Löw cried at the train station, inconsolable.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
Cronenberg is transmitting to us from the borders of death, behind the enemy lines of inconsolable grief.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
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Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC news, 12 May 2025
Practically inconsolable, Nate perked up when Frederick, older by two years, had a suggestion: Come play basketball with me instead.
—Lindsay Schnell, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
In the fall of 1938, shortly after Germany annexed Czechoslovakia’s border regions, including the town where his family lived, 3-year-old Petr Wolfgang Löw cried at the train station, inconsolable.
—Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Apr. 2025
Cronenberg is transmitting to us from the borders of death, behind the enemy lines of inconsolable grief.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for inconsolable
Adjective
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While the feline escaped unscathed, Lex admitted the incident left her heartbroken.—
Lucy Notarantonio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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That’s not to say Moore wasn’t heartbroken or incredibly stressed out during the wildfires.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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How long is unknown, but with the season winding down and every game increasing in importance, any game off for Tucker is a sad statement on how far his stock has dropped in the last month.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Aug. 2025
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But the film’s precise, funny characters and vivid, sweltering look would have meant nothing without Lee’s wise and ultimately sad vision of multicultural America as a place where good intentions and casual mistrust are as commonplace as the local pizzeria.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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And a surprising amount of grace from staff who, although unhappy with the changes, felt respected.—
Taazima Kala,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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The Heat, at the time, wanted to dump Lowry — who was unhappy about his diminished role — and believed Rozier would give Miami an offensive infusion.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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That view shifted Wednesday, with our double upgrade back to our buy-equivalent 1 rating after CEO David Ricks and several other company insiders bought lots of shares of the depressed stock.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
14 Aug. 2025
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The note also warned the depressed job-growth pace is unlikely to sustain income gains.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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With exciting ex-Washington State QB Mateer and his former OC, Ben Arbuckle, last year’s miserable offense should be light-years better.—
Stewart Mandel,
New York Times,
20 Aug. 2025
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The life of a corporate whistleblower is a miserable one.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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But the overriding feeling of the work is melancholy.—
Hugh Morris,
New York Times,
25 July 2025
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Anna, an American student at Harvard, falls deeply and unaccountably in love with Christoph, who is on exchange from Germany, in this melancholy début novel.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 July 2025
Adjective
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Was Elvis upset that his friend disappeared to hang out with The Beatles?—
Kim Willis,
USA Today,
25 Aug. 2025
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Tucker didn’t seem too upset that the Cubs didn’t disclose the results of a second imaging test that discovered a small fracture in his right hand.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The original action comedy got its kicks (sorry) and laughs from his family members slowly discovering that their unassuming patriarch is actually a secret bad ass.—
Scott Phillips,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The grandfather also showed him the sorry sight of contemporary hedges deformed by diabolical flail trimmers that chewed the natural architecture of branches into an anarchy of twigs.—
Annie Proulx,
New Yorker,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Inconsolable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inconsolable. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.
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