disconsolate

About 0.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Cheerless, dreary.

   I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day.

2. adjective Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.

   For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate.

3. noun Disconsolateness.

Similar words

cheerless depressing inconsolable grim gloomy dismal dispiriting desolate uncheerful unconsolable

Often followed by

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Word family

disconsolately disconsolateness disconsolatenesses disconsolation disconsolations