disconsolate

American  

[dis-kon-suh-lit] / dɪsˈkɒn sə lɪt /

adjective

1. without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable.

   Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.

   Synonyms:

   miserable, sorrowful, melancholy, sad, dejected, heartbroken

2. characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy.

   disconsolate prospects.

   Synonyms:

   miserable, sorrowful, melancholy, sad

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disconsolate British  

/ dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt /

adjective

1. sad beyond comfort; inconsolable

2. disappointed; dejected

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Related Words

See desolate.

Other Word Forms

• disconsolately adverb
• disconsolateness noun
• disconsolation noun

Etymology

Origin of disconsolate

1325–75; Middle English < Medieval Latin disconsōlātus, equivalent to Latin dis- dis- ¹ + consōlātus consoled, past participle of consōlārī to console ¹; -ate ¹

Example Sentences

The head coach cut a disconsolate figure at full-time.

From BBC

Marianne is first consumed by her own infatuation, then disconsolate when Willoughby dumps her for an heiress, and finally felled by a fever.

From The Wall Street Journal

Fulham's players looked understandably disconsolate - and their counterparts know the feeling, having already been on the receiving end of late sucker punches themselves against Brighton, Arsenal and Liverpool this season.

From BBC

He’d always been change-averse; when I rearranged the furniture in our Ohio family room when Aaron was about 6, he was disconsolate, wailing for days like King Lear in the storm: “Why is everything different?”

From Los Angeles Times

DeChambeau seemed to sense it himself, judging by the disconsolate look on his face after he punched out into the fairway and found himself confronted with another likely bogey.

From Seattle Times