disconsolate.

Deeply unhappy and finding no effective consolation.

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Words that belong together

• disconsolate figure
• disconsolate grief

On the page

A disconsolate figure waited beside the empty berth.

She left the letter unopened, too disconsolate to bear another reassurance.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychological / character. Forms: Comparative more disconsolate; superlative most disconsolate where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.