Meaning of disconsolate in English

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  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˌdɪsˈkɑns(ə)lət/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    disconsolate

    Definitions

    1. causing dejection

    Examples

    • « a blue day »
    • « the dark days of the war »
    • « a week of rainy depressing weather »
    • « a disconsolate winter landscape »
    • « the first dismal dispiriting days of November »
    • « a dark gloomy day »
    • « grim rainy weather »

    Synonyms

  2. Qualitative Adjective

    disconsolate

    Etymology

    late Middle English: from medieval Latin disconsolatus, from dis- (expressing reversal) + Latin consolatus (past participle of consolari‘to console’)

    Definitions

    1. sad beyond comforting

    Examples

    • « incapable of being consoled »
    • « inconsolable when her son died »

    Synonyms

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