disconsolate

adjective

dis·con·so·late dis-ˈkän(t)-sə-lət

: cheerless

a clutch of disconsolate houses

D. H. Lawrence

: dejected, downcast

the team returned disconsolate from three losses

disconsolately adverb

disconsolateness noun

disconsolation

(ˌ)dis-ˌkän(t)-sə-ˈlā-shən

noun

Example Sentences

Campaign workers grew increasingly disconsolate as the results came in. spent her last years in the disconsolate environs of a cheap boarding house

Recent Examples on the Web That’s why some Democrats have been so disconsolate despite their presidential victory.

Doyle Mcmanus Washington Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2020 Rachael spent all day alone with a fussy baby, and Justin inevitably returned from work at his daughter’s most disconsolate hour.

Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 27 June 2018

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