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Definition of Disconsolate

Disconsolate
Disconsolate Dis*con"so*late, n. Disconsolateness. [Obs.] --Barrow.
Disconsolate
Disconsolate Dis*con"so*late, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. --Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. --Dryden. 2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. --Ray. Syn: Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. -- Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv. -- Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.

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