Disconsolate
Pronunciation
- US IPA: /dɪsˈkɑnsəlɪt/
- RP IPA: /dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt/
Origin
From Medieval Latin discÅnsÅlÄtus ("comfortless"), from Latin dis- ("away") + cÅnsÅlÄtus ("consoled").
Full definition of disconsolate
Adjective
disconsolate
- 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.
- Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate.
Synonyms
- (cheerless, dreary) bleak, dreary, downcast
- (beyond consolation) dejected, inconsolable, unconsolable