disconsolate
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[edit] Etymology
From the Middle Latin disconsolatus "comfortless" from the Latin dis- "away" + consolatus "to console".
[edit] Adjective
disconsolate (comparative more disconsolate, superlative most disconsolate)
- cheerless, dreary
- I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.
- seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable
- For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate.
[edit] Synonyms
- (cheerless, dreary): bleak, dreary, downcast
- (beyond consolation): dejected, inconsolable, unconsolable
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[edit] Translations
cheerless, dreary
inconsolable
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