Disconsolately

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              One morn a Peri at the gate
              Of Eden stood disconsolate.           --Moore.
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              The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh,
              Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. --Dryden.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disconsolately
       adv : in grief-stricken loneliness; without comforting
             circumstances or prospects [syn: {desolately}]