[ noun ] feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless <noun.feeling>
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.
One morn a Peri at the gate Of Eden stood disconsolate. --Moore.
The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh, Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan. --Dryden.
2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. --Ray.