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disconsolate

adjective

dis·​con·​so·​late dis-ˈkän(t)-sə-lət How to pronounce disconsolate (audio)
1
: cheerless
a clutch of disconsolate houses D. H. Lawrence
2
: dejected, downcast
the team returned disconsolate from three losses
disconsolately adverb
disconsolateness noun

Example Sentences

Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in. spent her last years in the disconsolate environs of a cheap boarding house
Recent Examples on the Web That’s why some Democrats have been so disconsolate despite their presidential victory. Doyle Mcmanus Washington Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2020 Rachael spent all day alone with a fussy baby, and Justin inevitably returned from work at his daughter’s most disconsolate hour. Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 27 June 2018

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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