DISCONSOLATE (2)

Dis‐con″so‐late (?), a. [[LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.]] 1. 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.
One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden. 2. 2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Ray.
Syn. — Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy. — Dis‐con″so‐late‐ly, adv. — Dis‐con″so‐late‐ness, n.