Wondering how to use Disconsolate in a sentence? Below are 14 example sentences from real English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as sorry or grim.

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Disconsolate in a sentence

Disconsolate | Disconsolately

Disconsolate meaning

  1. Cheerless, dreary.
  2. Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.

Synonyms of Disconsolate

inconsolable drab sorry grim gloomy dispiriting dismal dingy depressing dark blue consolable desolate unconsolable drear

Example sentences (14)

Angry, disconsolate, and tired by his burden, Jesus is confronted by lepers, cripples, and beggars, all wanting to be healed.

The three main speeches were distinct, yet each was ultimately about love and its promise of redemption to a disconsolate nation.

I glanced at my companion, and his face had assumed such a disconsolate expression that it was all I could do to keep my countenance.

Source: Tatoeba #6309913 by Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR

Long after the disconsolate Lacey was finally picked off the ground by his teammates, he said: “I wouldn’t say we thought we were invincible.

Michieli was touched by the queen's grief; he wrote she was "extraordinarily in love" with her husband, and was disconsolate at his departure.

Barrow, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, p. 41 Her death left Tadema disconsolate and depressed.

Hadn’t seen a face that disconsolate since the preacher read over the overly proficient coastal child who answered a dare to swim to the buoy in the bay.

A wilder or more disconsolate dwelling it was perhaps difficult to conceive.

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In retrospect, ’s expositional approach may seem a bit cloying, but that’s only because Kuenne is willing to tell a story with all the disconsolate surprise of the tragedy itself.

But not all his skill and labour, in disposing to advantage the little furniture which remained, could remove the dark and disconsolate appearance of those ancient and disfurnished walls.

Source: Tatoeba #7752695 by Hybrid · CC BY 2.0 FR

Toward the end of her session, Joni described how, when friends came to visit her, she’d break down crying, and they’d tell her that they’d felt similarly disconsolate when they were new mothers.

Lorax said to be disconsolate.

He was disconsolate.

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Leopardi contemplates the bounty of nature and the world which smiles at him invitingly, but the poet has become misanthropic and disconsolate with the declining of his health and youth and the deprivation of all joy.

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Common combinations with disconsolate

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • the disconsolate
  • disconsolate and

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "disconsolate" in a sentence?
An example: "Angry, disconsolate, and tired by his burden, Jesus is confronted by lepers, cripples, and beggars, all wanting to be healed." This page contains 14 example sentences with the word "disconsolate" from real English texts.
What does "disconsolate" mean?
Disconsolate means: Cheerless, dreary.
What are synonyms of "disconsolate"?
Common synonyms of "disconsolate" include: inconsolable, drab, sorry, grim, gloomy, dispiriting, dismal, dingy. Plus 7 more synonyms.
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