inconsolable.

So distressed or sad that nothing offered seems able to comfort you.

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Words that belong together

• inconsolable grief
• inconsolable after a loss

On the page

She remained inconsolable long after the neighbors had exhausted their words of comfort.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: usually non-gradable; more inconsolable or most inconsolable is possible for comparative reactions. Writing functions: grief, character, emotional intensity. Commonness: moderately common. Intensity belongs to this distress sense only.