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Definition of Disconsolate
1. Adjective. Sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled. "Inconsolable when her son died"
Similar to: Desolate
Derivative terms: Disconsolateness
Antonyms: Consolable
2. Adjective. Causing dejection. "Grim rainy weather"
Similar to: Cheerless, Depressing, Uncheerful
Derivative terms: Dreariness
Definition of Disconsolate
1. n. Disconsolateness.
2. a. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.
Definition of Disconsolate
1. Adjective. cheerless, dreary ¹
2. Adjective. seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disconsolate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disconsolate
Literary usage of Disconsolate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore by Thomas Moore (1910)
"COME, YE disconsolate Come, at GOD'S altar fervently kneel ; Here bring your
wounded hearts, ... GERMAN) COME, ye disconsolate, where'er you languish, ..."
2. The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to by Gouverneur Morris (1888)
"Madame de Flahaut disconsolate over the reduction in pensions. F>EFORE many weeks
had passed, three hundred depu- JLJ ties demanded passports. ..."
3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... disconsolate creature, and comes not out of doors, since the King's going.
But we went to the Theatre, to the French Dancing Mistress,* and there with ..."
4. The Works of Virgil by Virgil (1891)
"Now vanquished and disconsolate, since fortune confounds all things, to him I
convey these kids, of which I wish him little L. Surely I heard that your ..."
5. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1850)
"A prayer to be said in any affliction, as death of children, of husban, or wife ;
in great poverty, in imprisonment, in a sad and disconsolate spirit, ..."
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