- 1. n. Disconsolateness. Source: opted
- 2. v. t. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. Source: opted
- 3. v. t. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Source: opted
- 4. adj. sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled Source: wordnet
- 5. adj. causing dejection Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 7. Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow. Source: adambom
- 8. a sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled s causing dejection Source: ecdict
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