DISCONSOLATELY

desolately, disconsolately

(adverb) in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting circumstances or prospects

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adverb

disconsolately (comparative more disconsolately, superlative most disconsolately)

In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.

Synonyms

• (in a cheerless, dreary manner): bleakly, drearily

• (in a manner suggesting one's being beyond consolation): dejectedly, inconsolably, unconsolably

Antonyms

• consolably

Source: Wiktionary

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DISCONSOLATE

Dis*con"so*late, n.

Definition: Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.

Dis*con"so*late, a. Etym: [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: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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