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Antonyms for disconsolate


Grammar : Adj
Spell : dis-kon-suh-lit
Phonetic Transcription : dɪsˈkɒn sə lɪt



Definition of disconsolate

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Medieval Latin disconsolatus "comfortless," from Latin dis- "away" (see dis-) + consolatus, past participle of consolari (see console (v.)). Related: Disconsolately.
  • adj depressed, unhappy
Example sentences :
  • Mrs. Bines, so complacent overnight, was the most disconsolate one of the group.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Mrs. Rushton was sitting at her work, in rather a disconsolate frame of mind.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • What was the use of wandering about the house in this disconsolate manner?
  • Extract from : « The Foolish Lovers » by St. John G. Ervine
  • Tubby was disconsolate because the supply was so limited and the demand so great.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts on Belgian Battlefields » by Lieut. Howard Payson
  • The disconsolate journalist had seated himself at a writing-table.
  • Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • But no argument or evidence could convince the disconsolate mother.
  • Extract from : « Fox's Book of Martyrs » by John Foxe
  • I waited until we should meet; and now we have met and—— Why do you look so disconsolate?
  • Extract from : « Molly Bawn » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton
  • Strange tales are told of some of the disconsolate journeys.
  • Extract from : « A Critical Exposition of the Popular 'Jihd' » by Moulavi Gergh Ali
  • With thoughts like these, I was perplexed and chafed; they rendered me gloomy and disconsolate.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • Tom rose, disconsolate, and stumbled into the cabin that had been allotted to him.
  • Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe

Synonyms for disconsolate

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