disconsolate

[dis-kon-suh-lit]

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

disconsolate

/ dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt /

adjective

1. sad beyond comfort; inconsolable

2. disappointed; dejected

Other Word Forms

• disconsolately adverb
• disconsolateness noun
• disconsolation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of disconsolate¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of disconsolate¹

C14: from Medieval Latin disconsōlātus, from _dis- ¹ + consōlātus comforted; see _console ¹

Synonym Study

See desolate.

Example Sentences

Once the country sees him as president again I suspect that the disconsolate lethargy so many have been feeling will lift and we'll see some energy return to the opposition.

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This was the first Labour leader’s conference speech delivered as prime minister in 15 years - 5,474 days if any disconsolate party activists have been counting.

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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?”

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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.

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How can it be that Biden is raising so much more money when we are told daily that Trump voters are overwhelmingly excited while Biden's are disconsolate and depressed?

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