📖 Definitions of "Disconsolate"
noun
- 1
Disconsolateness.
adjective
- 1
Cheerless, dreary.
"I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day."
- 2
Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
"For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate."
🔄 Synonyms of "Disconsolate"
12 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| desolateverb | Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. |
| grimnoun | Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding. |
| dismalnoun | Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. |
| bluenoun | Of a blue hue. |
| gloomynoun | Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. |
| darknoun | Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. |
| dispiriting | Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening. |
| depressing | Causing depression or sadness. |
| cheerless | Devoid of cheer; gloomy. |
| uncheerful | Not cheerful. |
| inconsolable | Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress. |
| unconsolable | Synonym of inconsolable. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Disconsolate"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| consolable | Able or likely to be consoled. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Disconsolate"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| cheerless | Devoid of cheer; gloomy. |
| depressing | Causing depression or sadness. |
| inconsolable | Not consolable; unable to be consoled or comforted, usually due to grief, disappointment, or other distress. |
| grim | Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding. |
| gloomy | Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. |
| dismal | Causing despair; gloomy and bleak. |
| dispiriting | Lowering the morale of; making despondent or depressive; disheartening. |
| desolate | Deserted and devoid of inhabitants. |
| uncheerful | Not cheerful. |
| unconsolable | Synonym of inconsolable. |
| dark | Having an absolute or (more often) relative lack of light. |
| bluenoun | Of a blue hue. |
| sad | Feeling sorrow; sorrowful, mournful. |
| solemn | (by extension) Deeply serious and sombre; grave. |
| dejected | Sad and dispirited. |
| dreichnoun | (uncountable, Scotland) Bleakness, gloom; specifically, gloomy (cold, overcast, rainy, etc.) weather. |
| dreary | Drab; dark, colorless, or cheerless. |
| low-hearted | Depressed, despondent, or dispirited |
| depressed | Unhappy; despondent. |
| damp | In a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist. |
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