disconsolateness

dis·con·so·late  (ds-kns-lt)

adj.

1. Seeming beyond consolation; extremely dejected: disconsolate at the loss of the dog.

2. Cheerless; gloomy: a disconsolate winter landscape.

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[Middle English, from Medieval Latin discnsltus : Latin dis-, dis- + cnsltus, past participle of cnslr, to console; see console¹.]

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dis·conso·late·ly adv.

dis·conso·late·ness, dis·conso·lation (-kns-lshn) n.

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Noun

1.

disconsolateness - feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless despondence, despondency, heartsickness depression - sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy