• Disconsolate

    Pronunciation

    • US IPA: /dɪsˈkÉ‘nsÉ™lɪt/
    • RP IPA: /dɪsˈkÉ’nsÉ™lɪt/

    Origin

    From Medieval Latin discōnsōlātus ("comfortless"), from Latin dis- ("away") + cōnsōlātus ("consoled").

    Full definition of disconsolate

    Adjective

    disconsolate

    1. Cheerless, dreary.I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.
      • 2013, Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille (in The Guardian, 26 November 2013)http://www.theguardian.com/football/2013/nov/26/arsenal-marseille-match-report-champions-leagueÖzil 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.
      • 1897, W.S.Maugham, Liza of Lambeth,Worst off of all were the very young children, for there had been no rain for weeks, and the street was as dry and clean as a covered court, and, in the lack of mud to wallow in, they sat about the road, disconsolate as poets.
    2. Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate.

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    Noun

    disconsolate

    1. (obsolete) Disconsolateness.

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