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- Dictionarydisconsolate/dɪˈskɒnsələt/
adjective
- 1. very unhappy and unable to be comforted: "she left Fritz looking disconsolate"
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If you are sad and can't be cheered up, you're disconsolate. Why were you disconsolate after scoring a touchdown? Oh...it was for the other team.
extremely sad and disappointed: The players were disconsolate after losing what should have been an easy game. Synonym. inconsolable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom. be down in the mouth idiom. be in a funk idiom. displeased. dissatisfied. distraught.
1. : cheerless. a clutch of disconsolate houses D. H. Lawrence. 2. : dejected, downcast. the team returned disconsolate from three losses. disconsolately adverb. disconsolateness noun. disconsolation. (ˌ)dis-ˌkän (t)-sə-ˈlā-shən. noun. Synonyms. black. bleak. cheerless. chill. Cimmerian. cloudy. cold. comfortless. darkening. depressing.
Disconsolate definition: without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable. See examples of DISCONSOLATE used in a sentence.
1. so unhappy that nothing will comfort; inconsolable; dejected. 2. causing or suggesting dejection; cheerless.
extremely sad and disappointed: The players were disconsolate after losing what should have been an easy game. Synonym. inconsolable. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Feeling sad and unhappy. a long face idiom. abjection. angsty. be cut up idiom. be down in the mouth idiom. be in a funk idiom. displeased. dissatisfied. distraught.
adj. 1. Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected: disconsolate at the loss of the dog. See Synonyms at depressed. 2. Cheerless; gloomy: a disconsolate winter landscape. [Middle English, from Medieval Latin discōnsōlātus : Latin dis-, dis- + cōnsōlātus, past participle of cōnsōlārī, to console; see console1 .] dis·con′so·late·ly adv.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Forms. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word disconsolate mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the word disconsolate. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word disconsolate?
Definition of disconsolate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Disconsolate Definition. dĭs-kŏnsə-lĭt. Meanings. Synonyms. Sentences. Definition Source. Origin. Adjective. Noun. Filter. adjective. So unhappy that nothing will comfort; inconsolable; dejected. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Causing or suggesting dejection; cheerless. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: unconsolable.
