What is another word for consolable?

Pronunciation: [kˈɒnsə͡ʊləbə͡l] (IPA)

The word "consolable" expresses the ability to be comforted, and there are several useful synonyms that convey similar meanings. "Solaceable" describes someone who can be consoled and comforted, while "reassurable" is another adjective that indicates someone can find relief and consolation in reassurance. If someone is "comfortable" they can also be consoled, and "sootheable" and "pacifiable" suggest that a person can be comforted or pacified to calm them. "Mollifiable" expresses the idea that someone can be softened or soothed by comfort, and "placable" is another term used to describe someone comforted by a gesture of kindness or forgiveness.

What are the hypernyms for Consolable?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the opposite words for consolable?

The word "consolable" means capable of being comforted or consoled. Some antonyms of consolable are inconsolable, disconsolate or desolate. These words suggests that the person or situation is unable to be comforted or eased. Consolable means that someone can recover from a distressing situation; inconsolable, on the other hand, implies an almost unbearable level of pain or loss. Disconsolate means a level of sadness that is beyond repair or endurance. Desolate suggests a scene of absolute emptiness or abandonment. These antonyms of consolable reflect different levels of emotional pain, from recoverable to unendurable.

What are the antonyms for Consolable?

Usage examples for Consolable

Should I be consolable?
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross
There was a great lump of orange color half melted up in the watery clouds of the west, but all was dreary and scarce consolable, up to the clear spaces above, stung with the steely stars that began to peep out of the blue hope of heaven.
"Weighed and Wanting"
George MacDonald
Longarine is discreetly unhappy for her dead husband, but appears decidedly consolable; Ennasuite is a haughty damsel, disdainful of poor folk, and Nomerfide is a pure madcap, a Catherine Seyton of the generation before Catherine herself, the feminine Dioneo of the party, and, if a little too free-spoken for prudish modern taste, a very delightful girl.
"The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.)"
Margaret, Queen Of Navarre

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