Thesaurus: disconsolate

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1. n. Disconsolateness.
2. v. t. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.
3. v. t. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights.
4. adj. sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
5. adj. causing dejection
6. Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow. 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden. 2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Ray. Syn. -- Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. -- Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv. -- Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.
7. Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.
8. a sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled s causing dejection