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disconsolate
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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.

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

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

disconsolate
Adjective
sad beyond comfort [Medieval Latin disconsolatus]
disconsolately adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.disconsolatedisconsolate - sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died"
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"
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"

disconsolate
adjective 2. sad, low, unhappy, miserable, gloomy, dismal, melancholy, forlorn, woeful, dejected, wretched, down in the dumps (informal)
Translations
disconsolate [dɪsˈkɔnsəlɪt] adjdesconsolado
disconsolate [dɪsˈkɔnsəlɪt] adjinconsolable
disconsolate [dɪsˈkɔnsəlɪt] adjniedergeschlagen
disconsolate [dɪsˈkɔnsəlɪt] adjsconsolato/a


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