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
- 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
- bad
- black
- blue
- cheerless
- cold
- comfortless
- crestfallen
- crushed
- dark
- dejected
- desolate
- despairing
- destroyed
- dispirited
- distressed
- doleful
- down
- downcast
- downhearted
- dreary
- forlorn
- gloomy
- grief-stricken
- heartbroken
- hopeless
- hurting
- in pain
- in the pits
- inconsolable
- low
- melancholy
- miserable
- ripped
- sad
- somber
- sorrowful
- torn-up
- woebegone
- woeful
- wretched
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