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1. (adj.) disconsolate
without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable.
2. disconsolate
characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy.
Etymology: (1325–75; ME < ML disconsōlātus= L dis-dis -1+consōlātus, ptp. of consōlārī to console1; see -ate1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) inconsolable, disconsolate, unconsolable
sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
"inconsolable when her son died"
2. (adj) blue, dark, dingy, disconsolate, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary
causing dejection
"a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
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1. (noun) disconsolate
disconsolateness
2. (verb) disconsolate
destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent
3. (verb) disconsolate
inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights
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