Dis‐con″so‐late (?), a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.] 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. 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.