disconsolate
/dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt/US/dɪsˈkɑnsəlɪt/
disconsolate adjective: cheerless, dreary.
Adjective
disconsolate (comparative more disconsolate, superlative most disconsolate)
- Cheerless, dreary.
- I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.
- 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...
- Synonyms:
- bleak, dreary, downcast, cheerless, comfortless, dark, morose, depressing, desolate, dire
- Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
- For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate.
- overwhelmed with disconsolate sorrowa. 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]...
- Synonyms:
- dejected, inconsolable, unconsolable, atrabiliary, atrabilious, blitheless, dispirited, blue, bummed out, chapfallen
- Antonyms:
- consolable
Noun
disconsolate
- Disconsolateness.
disconsolate meaning in Bengali, Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit
disconsolate in Bengali
- সান্ত্বনার অসাধ্য, অত্যন্ত বিষণ্ণ, বিমর্ষ, শোকার্ত, নিরাশ, হতাশ
disconsolate in Malayalam
- ആശ്വസിപ്പിക്കാൻ പറ്റാത്ത, ഉല്ലാസരഹിതനായ, വിഷണ്ണനായ, അതിദുഃഖമായ
disconsolate in Kannada
- ಹದುಳಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಸೊಮ್ಮುಗೆಟ್ಟ
disconsolate in Sanskrit
- cheerless, dreary
- खिन्न khinna
Examples of disconsolate in a sentence
- 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]...
- [S]itting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr.1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Incident at the Window”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and...
- 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 &...
Synonyms of disconsolate
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Forms of disconsolate
| comparative | more disconsolate |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disconsolate |
Origin of disconsolate
From Medieval Latin discōnsōlātus (“comfortless”), from dis- (“away”) + cōnsōlātus (“consoled”).
Words formed from disconsolate
Questions about disconsolate
- What does disconsolate mean?
- Disconsolate means cheerless, dreary.
- What is disconsolate in Bengali?
- Disconsolate in Bengali is সান্ত্বনার অসাধ্য, অত্যন্ত বিষণ্ণ, বিমর্ষ. See Disconsolate meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use disconsolate in a sentence?
- 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?
- What part of speech is disconsolate?
- Disconsolate can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce disconsolate?
- Disconsolate is pronounced /dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt/ (UK).
Words near disconsolate in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: disconsolate (page history and authors); disconsolate (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disconsolate (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disconsolate (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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