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Webster 1913 Edition
Disconsolate
Dis-con′so-late
,Noun.
Disconsolateness.
[Obs.]
Barrow.
Dis-con′so-late
,Adj.
1.
Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief;
as, a bereaved and
. disconsolate
parentOne morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood
Of Eden stood
disconsolate
. Moore.
The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh,
Were dropping wet,
– Were dropping wet,
disconsolate
and wan. Dryden.
Dis-con′so-late-ly
, adv.
Dis-con′so-late-ness
, Noun.
Webster 1828 Edition
Disconsolate
DISCONSOLATE
,Adj.
1.
Destitute of comfort or consolation; sorrowful; hopeless or not expecting comfort; sad; dejected; melancholy; as a parent, bereaved of an only child and disconsolate.2.
Not affording comfort; cheerless; as the disconsolate darkness of a winters night.