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disconsolate
UK /dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt/ US /dɪsˈkɑnsəlɪt/
adj 2noun 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
assumed, wilder
VERB + DISCONSOLATE
am, eyes
DISCONSOLATE + NOUN
day, expression
ADV.
such
Definitions
adj
1
Cheerless, dreary.
I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.
a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, / With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, / Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, / And might, if my extreames had ful euents, / Make me the gaſtly counterfeit of death.
2
Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate.
overwhelmed with disconsolate sorrow
noun
1
Disconsolateness.
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Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.
Wiktionary02
a farther paſſion feeds my thoughts, / With ceaſeleſſe and diſconſolate conceits, / Which dies my lookes so liueleſſe as they are, / And might, if my extreames had ful euents, / Make me the gaſtly cou
Wiktionary03
But vvhat a vvretched, and diſconſolate Hermitage is that Houſe, vvhich is not viſited by thee [God], and vvhat a VVayue, and Stray is that Man, that hath not thy Markes vpon him?
Wiktionary04
I am disconsolate!
Tatoeba · #320978905
I glanced at my companion, and his face had assumed such a disconsolate expression that it was all I could do to keep my countenance.
Tatoeba · #630991306
A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive.
Tatoeba · #7752282Usage Notes
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