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adjective
- 1. very unhappy and unable to be comforted: "she left Fritz looking disconsolate"
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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.
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.
The meaning of DISCONSOLATE is cheerless. How to use disconsolate in a sentence.
Disconsolate definition: without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable. See examples of DISCONSOLATE used in a sentence.
noun. Word origin. C14: from Medieval Latin disconsōlātus, from dis-1 + consōlātus comforted; see console1. disconsolate in American English. (dɪsˈkɑnsəlɪt ; ˈdɪsˈkɑnsəlɪt ) adjective. 1. so unhappy that nothing will comfort; inconsolable; dejected. 2. causing or suggesting dejection; cheerless. Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition.
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.
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. In addition to meaning "inconsolable," the adjective disconsolate can also mean "dejected."
Definition of disconsolate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
3 days ago · disconsolate (comparative more disconsolate, superlative most disconsolate) Cheerless, dreary. I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day. when he was substituted late on, though he did set up Wilshere's second with a lovely pass off the outside of his left boot. Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
disconsolate meaning, definition, what is disconsolate: extremely sad and hopeless: Learn more.
