different between desperate vs inconsolable

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin d?sp?r?tus, past participle of d?sp?r? (“to be without hope”)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?sp(?)??t/

Adjective

desperate (comparative more desperate, superlative most desperate)

1. In dire need of something.

   I hadn't eaten in two days and was desperate for food.

2. Being filled with, or in a state of despair; hopeless.

3. Without regard to danger or safety; reckless; furious.

4. Beyond hope; causing despair; extremely perilous; irretrievable.

5. Extreme, in a bad sense; outrageous.
6. Extremely intense.

   (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Noun

desperate (plural desperates)

1. A person in desperate circumstances or who is at the point of desperation, such as a down-and-outer, addict, etc.

Derived terms

• desperation

Related terms

• despair
• desperado

Translations

Anagrams

• departees

Danish

Adjective

desperate

1. plural and definite singular attributive of desperat

Latin

Verb

d?sp?r?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of d?sp?r?

References

• desperate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• desperate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

desperate

1. definite singular of desperat
2. plural of desperat

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

desperate

1. definite singular of desperat
2. plural of desperat

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