disconsolate
adjective
without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable.
disconsolation
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a word derived from
disconsolate.
Example Sentences
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In London the Council of Foreign Ministers achieved only the disconsolation of all in the world who desired peace, not power.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her graceful head was bowed down by the sharp stroke of the humiliation which had just stricken her, and her whole attitude was that of hopeless disconsolation.
From Joseph II. and His Court by L. (Luise) Mühlbach
He spoke hurriedly, as if he would thrust his desire to comfort between her and the wave of disconsolation that he felt was about to cover her.
From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Frank X. Leyendecker
But there was much of disconsolation in his voice.
From The Song of the Wolf by Frank Mayer
We reposed that night among the camp equipment, the sick man caring for naught in his physical collapse and disconsolation.
From Confessions of a Beachcomber by E. J. (Edmund James) Banfield
