disconsolate
English
WOTD – 17 July 2012
Etymology
From Medieval Latin discōnsōlātus (“comfortless”), from Latin dis- (“away”) + cōnsōlātus (“consoled”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkɑnsəlɪt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪsˈkɒnsəlɪt/
Adjective
disconsolate (comparative more disconsolate, superlative most disconsolate)
- Cheerless, dreary.
- I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille (in The Guardian, 26 November 2013)
- Özil looked a little disconsolate when he was substituted late on, though he did set up Wilshere's second with a lovely pass off the outside of his left boot.
- 1897, W.S.Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, chapter 1.
- Worst off of all were the very young children, for there had been no rain for weeks, and the street was as dry and clean as a covered court, and, in the lack of mud to wallow in, they sat about the road, disconsolate as poets.
- 1885, Robert L. Steveson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, chapter 7.
- Sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll.
- Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
- For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate.
Synonyms
- (cheerless, dreary): bleak, dreary, downcast
- (beyond consolation): dejected, inconsolable, unconsolable
Antonyms
- consolable
Derived terms
- disconsolately
- disconsolation
- disconsolateness
Translations
cheerless, dreary
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inconsolable
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Noun
disconsolate
- (obsolete) Disconsolateness.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Barrow to this entry?)
Anagrams
- consolidates
Latin
Adjective
discōnsōlāte
- vocative masculine singular of discōnsōlātus