Disconsolate
Pronunciation : Dis*con"so*late
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Dis*con"so*late
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.]
Definition : 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent. One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden.
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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913