disconsolate
pronunciation
How to pronounce disconsolate in British English:
UK [dɪsˈkɒnsələt]
How to pronounce disconsolate in American English:
US [dɪsˈkɑnsələt]
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- Adjective:
- sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled
- causing dejection
Word Origin
- disconsolate (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Medieval Latin disconsolatus "comfortless," from Latin dis- "away" (see dis-) + consolatus, past participle of consolari (see console (v.)). Related: Disconsolately.
Example
- 1. This is why much of the music that is the heartland of indie culture is melancholic , disconsolate and miserable .
- 2. Default come ye disconsolate carl heinrich bloch paintings .
- 3. Cannot wield is disconsolate , unceasing is temporarily the emotions .
- 4. Empty space is disconsolate , meet have no way of .
- 5. She was disconsolate about her son 's death .