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Meaning of 'disconsolate' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Disconsolate [ n.]
- Disconsolateness.
2 . Disconsolate [ v. t.]
- Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.
- Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights.

Meaning of 'disconsolate' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . disconsolate [ a]
Meaning (1):
- sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
Example in sentence:
  • inconsolable when her son died
2 . disconsolate [ s]
Meaning (2):
- causing dejection
Example in sentence:
  • a blue day;
  • a dark gloomy day;
  • a disconsolate winter landscape;
  • a week of rainy depressing weather;
  • grim rainy weather;
  • the dark days of the war;
  • the first dismal dispiriting days of November

Nearby Words:

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