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disconsolate: 1 adj sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled Synonyms: inconsolable , unconsolable desolate crushed by grief Antonyms: consolable able to be consoled adj causing dejection “a disconsolate winter landscape” Synonyms: blue , dark , dingy , dismal , drab , drear , dreary , gloomy , grim , sorry cheerless , depressing , ...
Definition of disconsolate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of disconsolate adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The earliest known use of the word disconsolate is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for disconsolate is from before 1413, in the writing of Geoffrey Chaucer, poet and administrator. disconsolate is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin disconsolatus. See etymology.
Definition of disconsolate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Definition of disconsolate adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
disconsolate. 1 ENTRIES FOUND: disconsolate (adjective) disconsolate /dɪs ˈ kɑːnsələt/ adjective. Britannica Dictionary definition of DISCONSOLATE. [more disconsolate; most disconsolate] formal. : very unhappy or sad. Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in.
