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disconsolateness

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Disconsolate \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.

Source : WordNet®

disconsolateness
     n : feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: {despondency},
          {despondence}, {heartsickness}]
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