different between dejected vs inconsolable

dejected

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /d??d??kt?d/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin deicio

Adjective

dejected (comparative more dejected, superlative most dejected)

  1. Sad and dispirited.
    • 1818, Benjamin Franklin, Memoirs, Philadelphia: T.S. Manning, Volume I, p. 73,[1]
      I pitied poor Miss Read’s unfortunate situation, who was generally dejected, seldom cheerful, and avoided company []

Synonyms

  • dejectable (rare)
  • despondent
  • disheartened
  • down in the mouth

Antonyms

  • hopeful

Derived terms

  • dejectedly

Translations

Verb

dejected

  1. simple past tense and past participle of deject

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inconsolable

English

Etymology

As if in- +? consolable, from Middle French inconsolable, from Latin inconsolabilis

Adjective

inconsolable (comparative more inconsolable, superlative most inconsolable)

  1. Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress.

Synonyms

  • unconsolable

Derived terms

  • inconsolability
  • inconsolableness
  • inconsolably

Translations


French

Adjective

inconsolable (plural inconsolables)

  1. inconsolable

Further reading

  • “inconsolable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Adjective

inconsolable (plural inconsolables)

  1. inconsolable

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