disconsolate

  • 11disconsolate — adjective a) cheerless, dreary I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day. b) seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate. Syn …

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  • 12disconsolate — [[t]dɪskɒ̱nsələt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is disconsolate is very unhappy and depressed. [WRITTEN] He did not have much success, but tried to keep from getting too disconsolate. Syn: dejected Derived words: disconsolately ADV GRADED ADV with v …

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  • 13disconsolate — dis|con|so|late [dısˈkɔnsəlıt US ˈka:n ] adj formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Medieval Latin; Origin: disconsolatus, from Latin consolari to console ] extremely sad and hopeless ▪ He was disconsolate after his divorce. >disconsolately adv …

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  • 14disconsolate — adj. disconsolate about, at, over …

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  • 15disconsolate — adjective feeling extremely sad and hopeless: A few disconsolate men sat in the foyer with their hats in their hands. disconsolately adverb: O Grady trudged disconsolately back home …

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  • 16disconsolate — adjective his partner had to face the disconsolate investors on his own Syn: sad, unhappy, doleful, woebegone, dejected, downcast, downhearted, despondent, dispirited, crestfallen, cast down, depressed, down, disappointed, disheartened,… …

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  • 17disconsolate — Synonyms 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,… …

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  • 18disconsolate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inconsolable, comfortless, hopeless; melancholy, forlorn, sad. See dejection. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Dejected] Syn. inconsolable, despondent, hopeless, melancholy; see sad 1 . 2. [Dismal] Syn.… …

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  • 19disconsolate — dis|con|so|late [ dıs kansələt ] adjective extremely unhappy or disappointed ╾ dis|con|so|late|ly adverb …

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  • 20disconsolate — dis·con·so·late || dɪs kÉ’nsÉ™lÉ™t adj. without hope, sad, dejected …

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