disconsolate

  • 21disconsolate — [dɪs kɒns(ə)lət] adjective very unhappy and unable to be comforted. Derivatives disconsolately adverb disconsolateness noun disconsolation noun Origin ME: from med. L. disconsolatus, from dis (expressing reversal) + L. consolat , consolari to… …

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  • 22disconsolate — a. Inconsolable, desolate, forlorn, heart broken, broken hearted, comfortless, cheerless, sorrowful, melancholy, sad …

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  • 23disconsolate — adj 1. inconsolable, heartbroken, forlorn, grief stricken, comfortless, wretched, miserable; sad, unhappy, woeful, heavy hearted, dispirited, low spirited; depressed, dejected, despondent, melancholy, woebegone, discouraged, downcast; blue, Sl.… …

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  • 24disconsolate — dis·con·so·late …

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  • 25disconsolate — UK [dɪsˈkɒnsələt] / US [dɪsˈkɑnsələt] adjective extremely unhappy or disappointed Derived word: disconsolately adverb …

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  • 26disconsolate — dis•con•so•late [[t]dɪsˈkɒn sə lɪt[/t]] adj. 1) without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable 2) characterized by or causing dejection; cheerless; gloomy • Etymology: 1325–75; ME < ML disconsōlātus= L dis I+consōlātus, ptp.… …

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  • 27disconsolate — /dɪsˈkɒnsələt / (say dis konsuhluht) adjective 1. without consolation or solace; unhappy; inconsolable. 2. characterised by or causing discomfort; cheerless; gloomy. {Medieval Latin disconsōlātus, from dis dis 1 + Latin consōlātus, past… …

  • 28disconsolate — adj. 1 forlorn or inconsolable. 2 unhappy or disappointed. Derivatives: disconsolately adv. disconsolateness n. disconsolation n. Etymology: ME f. med.L disconsolatus (as DIS , consolatus past part. of L consolari console) …

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  • 29Disconsolately — Disconsolate Dis*con so*late, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a… …

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  • 30Disconsolateness — Disconsolate Dis*con so*late, a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See {Console}, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a… …

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