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unconsoling

unconsoling adjective: not consoling.

Adjective

unconsoling (comparative more unconsoling, superlative most unconsoling)

  1. Not consoling.
    • When some young Gypsies beat him up, she looks on with the unconsoling remark: “They’re only keeping warm, Swann, that’s all.”2007 January 8, Richard Eder, “Ultimate Exile: A Gypsy Poet Expelled by Her People”, in New York Times

Forms of unconsoling

comparativemore unconsoling
superlativemost unconsoling

Origin of unconsoling

From un- + consoling.

Words formed from unconsoling

Questions about unconsoling

What does unconsoling mean?
Unconsoling means not consoling.
What part of speech is unconsoling?
Unconsoling is an adjective.

Words near unconsoling in the dictionary

  1. unconsolidate
  2. unconsolidated
  3. unconsolidates
  4. unconsolidating
  5. unconsolidation
  6. unconsoling
  7. unconsolingly
  8. unconsonant
  9. unconsonantly
  10. unconspicuous
  11. unconspicuously

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