unassuageable en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌʌnəˈsweɪdʒəbəl/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From un- + assuageable.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, of an emotion, usually) Impossible to assuage
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.
2023 January 17, Tina Brown, “Spare by Prince Harry review – magical thinking in Montecito”, in The Guardian:Haven't Americans lived long enough with the heartache of unassuageable grief?
1997 March 14, Michael Miner, “What's Wrong With Being an Anti-Semite”, in Chicago Reader: