disconsolate (redirected from disconsolations)

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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disconsolate [dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt]

adj

1. sad beyond comfort; inconsolable

2. disappointed; dejected

[from Medieval Latin disconsōlātus, from dis-¹ + consōlātus comforted; see console¹]

disconsolately  adv

disconsolateness , disconsolation n

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	disconsolate - sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died" inconsolable, unconsolable
	2.	disconsolate - causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather" dismal, drear, dreary, gloomy, dingy, sorry, drab, grim, blue, dark cheerless, depressing, uncheerful - causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy; "the economic outlook is depressing"; "something cheerless about the room"; "a moody and uncheerful person"; "an uncheerful place"

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disconsolate

adjective inconsolable, crushed, despairing, low, sad, unhappy, miserable, gloomy, hopeless, dismal, melancholy, heartbroken, desolate, forlorn, woeful, dejected, grief-stricken, wretched, down in the dumps (informal) She was disconsolate when her husband left her.

Translations

disconsolate [dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt] ADJ → desconsolado

disconsolate [dɪsˈkɒnsələt] adj (= dejected) → découragé(e), abattu(e)

disconsolate

adj → untröstlich; (= gloomy) → niedergeschlagen; to grow disconsolate → verzweifeln, verzagen

disconsolate [dɪsˈkɒns/əlɪt] adj → sconsolato/a

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disconsolate [dɪsˈkɒns/əlɪt] adj → sconsolato/a