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Meanings of disconsolate in English
Sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled.
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Examples for "inconsolable"
Examples for "inconsolable"
1
The consternation of her friends knew no bounds; her father was inconsolable.
2
But when they were translated to the sky the Berai-Berai were inconsolable.
3
My father appeared inconsolable; and, naturally, Clarice and I were very unhappy.
4
And an inconsolable Lieutenant, Christian thought grimly, made for an unhappy Sergeant.
5
Jondalar thought of his brother's inconsolable sorrow and understood it more now.
1
For the next two days she had been unconsolable.
2
The grief of the queen was unconsolable.
3
The violin fairly sobbed and groaned and wailed, as if the spirit of unconsolable grief were tugging heavily at the strings.
4
The next morning when one of his friends arrived, just before daylight, he was nearly speechless and utterly unconsolable, looking twenty years older.
Usage of disconsolate in English
1
The landlady moved in the background, a disconsolate figure with a grievance.
2
I waited for ages, sipping fizzy water and becoming steadily more disconsolate.
3
Nor was the disconsolate matron the only one who lamented her losses.
4
The schoolmistress did not look in the least disconsolate after Nicky's departure.
5
G. Look up, thou poor disconsolate; you speak of quitting earthly enjoyments.
6
Far below it the turbid Catawba gleamed yellow along its disconsolate valley.
7
Back they go disconsolate, carrying the lifeless seneschal on the shield reversed.
8
It was the only disconsolate hour of his day, this summer weather.
9
At the foot of each is a cartoon of a disconsolate bird.
10
Her eyes were red with weeping, and her appearance was altogether disconsolate.
11
Meanwhile, I had been jogging along through the country, lonely and disconsolate.
12
And disconsolate went away those dukes and princes, and troubadours in disguise.
13
Her disconsolate partner was not nearly through with his breath or enthusiasm.
14
Don't be disconsolate, Skinner; I'll look in on you now and then.
15
At a street corner sat, and played with a wind, Winter disconsolate.
16
Jack found Brinsmead looking very disconsolate at the turn affairs had taken.
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Disconsolate across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
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