a. Disconsolate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A poor, disconsolated, drooping creature. Sterne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Disconsolateness. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate. Moore. [ 1913 Webster ]

The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh,
Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]