disconsolate en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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- /dɪsˈkɑnsəlɪt/ (US)
- /dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From Medieval Latin discōnsōlātus (“comfortless”), from dis- (“away”) + cōnsōlātus (“consoled”).
Meanings
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Cheerless, dreary.
1897, W.S.Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, chapter 1. Worst off of all were the very young children, for there had been no rain for weeks, and the street was as dry and clean as a covered court, and, in the lack of mud to wallow in, they sat about the road, disconsolate as poets.
Loud from its rocky caverns, the deep-voiced neighbouring ocean Speaks, and in accents disconsolate answers the wail of the forest.
1847 November 1, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Evangeline, a Tale of Acadie, Boston, Mass.: William D. Ticknor & Company, →OCLC, (please specify either |part=I or II):Özil looked a little disconsolate when he was substituted late on, though he did set up Wilshere's second with a lovely pass off the outside of his left boot.
2013 November 26, Daniel Taylor, “(please specify the article title)”, in Alan Rusbridger, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC:a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, / With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, / Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, / And might, if my extreames had ful euents, / Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.
c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:[S]itting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll.
1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Incident at the Window”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, page 63:But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?
1624, John Donne, “13. Prayer”, in Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, page 329:I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.
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Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate.
overwhelmed with disconsolate sorrow
a. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn] Valpy, […], published 1830–1831, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most disconsolate | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more disconsolate | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
disconsolately · disconsolation · disconsolateness
Synonyms
mournful · infelicitous · lack-laughter · querulous · triste · cheerless · plaintive · chopfallen · bummed out · downhearted · wintry · spiritless · uncheery · sorrow-ridden · lugubrious · unhappy · dolesome · lamentful · crestfallen · morose · sorrowsome · dull · chapfallen · gray · atrabiliary · Plutonian · forlorn · depressing · grieving · threnetical · cheerless · joyless · lumpish · wretched · dreary · disheartened · down · dark · spiritless · lachrymose · saturnine · gloomy · desolate · cut up · Plutonic · woeful · woeful · down in the mouth · moody · dejected · depressed · unconsolable · disconsolate · comfortless · joyless · somber · sullen · heartsick · heartsore · disconsolate · unmerry · dreary · low · dismal · unlively · wistful · atrabilious · drearisome · forlorn · gloomy · dreich · inconsolable · mopey · blitheless · downcast · lugubrious · bleak · jawfallen · down in the dumps · woebegone · miserable · unhappy · bleak · shattered · miserable · unconsolable · melancholic · dejected · doleful · grief-stricken · passionate · tristful · uncheerful · doleful · sad · dismal · uncheery · woe · despondent · gloomsome · dispirited · solemn · uncheerful · morose · mirthless · elegious · threnetic · no joke · sullen · downcast · grim · melancholy · gayless · damp · saddened · solemn · disgruntled · drear · sunless · sorrowful · glum · blue · downsome · elegiac · melancholy · dolesome · inconsolable · sombre · sombre · saturnine · low-spirited · ruthful · dire · heavy-hearted
Translations (44)
sa खिन्न (cheerless, dreary) · sv otröstlig (inconsolable) · cs neutěšitelný (inconsolable) · ru безуте́шный (inconsolable) · es desconsolado (cheerless, dreary) · sh neutješan (inconsolable) · mi rohai (inconsolable) · hy վշտահար (cheerless, dreary) · hu szomorú (cheerless, dreary) · cs zdrcený (cheerless, dreary) · el απαρηγόρητος (inconsolable) · nl mistroostig (cheerless, dreary) · uk невті́шний (inconsolable) · hy անմխիթար (inconsolable) · pt desamparado (inconsolable) · hy անամոք (inconsolable) · hy անսփոփ (inconsolable) · nl ontroostbaar (inconsolable) · bg неутешим (inconsolable) · fr inconsolable (inconsolable) · nl troosteloos (cheerless, dreary) · el απελπισμένος (cheerless, dreary) · cs sklíčený (cheerless, dreary) · pt melancólico (cheerless, dreary) · uk безуті́шний (inconsolable) · mi kaimōhū (inconsolable) · hy տխուր (cheerless, dreary) · hu vigasztalan (inconsolable) · ru печа́льный (cheerless, dreary) · mi ohai (inconsolable) · bg печален (cheerless, dreary) · mi pūkatokato (inconsolable) · hu bús (cheerless, dreary) · sh potuljen (cheerless, dreary) · cs zoufalý (cheerless, dreary) · hu vigasztalan (cheerless, dreary) · de untröstlich (inconsolable) · hy թշվառ (cheerless, dreary) · es desconsolado (inconsolable) · bg тъжен (cheerless, dreary) · hu vigasztalhatatlan (inconsolable) · mi kaimōhū (cheerless, dreary) · pt desconsolado (inconsolable) · de trostlos (cheerless, dreary)