disconsolate

adjective

dis·​con·​so·​late dis-ˈkän(t)-sə-lət How to pronounce disconsolate (audio)
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1
: cheerless
a clutch of disconsolate houses— D. H. Lawrence
2
: dejected, 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

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Examples of disconsolate in a Sentence

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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As Wilshere and his players greeted the Norwich fans, across the Riverside pitch, Michael Carrick and his Middlesbrough squad were conducting a disconsolate lap of appreciation in a largely emptied stadium. — Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Apr. 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

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

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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