Definition of Disconsolate

Dis`con´so`late
n.1.Disconsolateness.
a.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.


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