unassuageable
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + assuageable.
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˌʌnəˈsweɪdʒəbəl/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]unassuageable (not comparable)
- (usually of an emotion) Impossible to assuage
- 1997 March 14, Michael Miner, “What's Wrong With Being an Anti-Semite”, in Chicago Reader[1]:
- Haven't Americans lived long enough with the heartache of unassuageable grief?
- 2023 January 17, Tina Brown, “Spare by Prince Harry review – magical thinking in Montecito”, in The Guardian[2]:
- The most powerful character in the story, Diana, never truly appears, other than in radiant glimpses. The unassuageable anguish of the 12-year-old Harry’s loss gives Moehringer a potent, overarching literary device.
Synonyms
[edit]- inconsolable (of grief)
- implacable (of rage)