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   disconsolate

   /dɪˈskɒnsələt/

   adjective

   • 1. very unhappy and unable to be comforted: "she left Fritz looking disconsolate"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin disconsolatus, from dis- (expressing reversal) + Latin consolatus (past participle of consolari ‘to console’).

   Derivatives

   • 1. disconsolately adverb
   • 2. disconsolateness noun
   • 3. disconsolation noun

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