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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
bereaved and disconsolate parent.
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One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate. --Moore.
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The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh,
Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. --Dryden.
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2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the
disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. --Ray.
Syn: Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful;
hopeless; gloomy. -- {Dis*con"so*late*ly}, adv. --
{Dis*con"so*late*ness}, n.
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