disconsolate

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adjective

dis·​con·​so·​late dis-ˈkän(t)-sə-lət How to pronounce disconsolate (audio)
Synonyms of disconsolate
1
: cheerless
… a clutch of disconsolate houses.—D. H. Lawrence
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: dejected entry 1, downcast
the team returned disconsolate from three losses
disconsolately adverb
disconsolateness noun
disconsolation
(ˌ)dis-ˌkän(t)-sə-ˈlā-shən How to pronounce disconsolate (audio)
noun

disconsolation

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noun

dis·​con·​so·​la·​tion də̇ˌskän(t)səˈlāshən How to pronounce disconsolation (audio)
ˌdiˌ-
: the state of being disconsolate

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Adjective Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in. spent her last years in the disconsolate environs of a cheap boarding house
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Players were visibly disconsolate afterward, the sign of a team that expects to win every day. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 As the Champions League anthem echoed around Villa Park, Liverpool’s disconsolate players headed for the tunnel. — James Pearce, New York Times, 16 May 2026 However, the short-term pain was acute, and Wrexham’s players sat on the ground and looked disconsolate after the final whistle — even though the Hull-Norwich match hadn’t finished. — Steve Douglas, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2026 Amby is disconsolate on the drive home. — Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025 After noticing disconsolate tourists wandering the perimeter, Taskinen proposed installing a café on the ground floor and restoring the building’s four spacious apartments into modest but comfortable rooms filled with Artek furniture. — Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025 My father, disconsolate, would pace around what had once been their home in an exaggerated performance of his own uselessness. — Hazlitt, 2 Apr. 2025 Outside, a disconsolate Santa presses his forehead against the building next door. — Liam Sherwin-Murray, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English, from Medieval Latin disconsolatus, from Latin dis- + consolatus, past participle of consolari to console

Noun

dis- entry 1 + consolation

First Known Use

Adjective

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of disconsolate was in the 15th century

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disconsolate

adjective
dis·​con·​so·​late dis-ˈkän(t)-sə-lət How to pronounce disconsolate (audio)
: very sad : dejected
disconsolately adverb
disconsolateness noun
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