Dictionary Definition
disconsolate adj
1 sad beyond comforting; incapable of being
consoled; "inconsolable when her son died" [syn: inconsolable, unconsolable] [ant:
consolable]
2 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" [syn: blue, dark, depressing, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim]
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English
Etymology
From the Middle Latin disconsolatus "comfortless" from the Latin dis- "away" + consolatus "to console".Adjective
- cheerless,
dreary
- I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.
- seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable
- For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate..
Synonyms
- (cheerless, dreary): bleak, dreary, downcast
- (beyond consolation): dejected, inconsolable, unconsolable
Antonyms
Translations
cheerless, dreary
- German: trostlos
inconsolable
- German: untröstlich
Derived terms
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
affording no hope, apathetic, bad, black, bleak, cheerless, cold, comfortless, crestfallen, crushed, cut up, deep-troubled,
dejected, depressed, depressing, desolate, desole, despairing, desperate, despondent, dismal, dispirited, doleful, down, downhearted, drear, forlorn, grim, heart-stricken, heart-struck,
heartsick, heartsore, hopeless, in despair, inconsolable, joyless, low, melancholy, miserable, sick, sick at heart, somber, sorrowful, soul-sick, stricken, suicidal, unconsolable, unhappy, unhopeful, without hope,
woebegone, woeful, wretched