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- pronunciation:
- dIs
kan
s
liht
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
hopelessly unhappy; dejected.
He was disconsolate for months after his wife left.- synonyms:
- depressed, despondent, heartbroken, inconsolable
- antonyms:
- cheerful, cheery
- similar words:
- dejected, desolate, dispirited, doleful, down, down in the mouth, downcast, forlorn, grief-stricken, heavy, heavy-hearted, hopeless, melancholy, miserable, sad, unhappy, woeful
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| definition 2: |
marked by or causing melancholy or dejection.
He noticed the disconsolate expression on her face and asked her what was wrong.She felt depressed at her disconsolate prospects.- synonyms:
- dismal, doleful, gloomy, melancholy
- antonyms:
- cheerful, cheery, happy
- similar words:
- dark, dreary, funereal, miserable, mournful, somber, woeful, wretched
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| related words: |
broken-hearted, downhearted, lugubrious, woebegone |
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| derivations: |
disconsolately (adv.), disconsolateness (n.) |
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