- Disconsolateness
- Disconsolate Dis*con"so*late, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- +
consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v.
t.]
1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited;
hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a
bereaved and disconsolate parent.
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One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. --Moore. [1913 Webster]
The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
