| ADJECTIVE | all | disconsolate, inconsolable, unconsolable | sad beyond comforting |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | disconsolate, blue, dark, dingy, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary | causing dejection |
| Meaning | sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled. | |
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| Synonyms | inconsolable, unconsolable | |
| Narrower | desolate | crushed by grief |
| Opposite | consolable | able to be consoled |
| Spanish | inconsolable | |
| Nouns | disconsolateness | feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless |
| Adverbs | disconsolately | in grief-stricken loneliness |
| Meaning | Causing dejection. | |
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| Example | "a disconsolate winter landscape" | |
| Synonyms | blue, dark, dingy, dismal, gloomy, grim, sorry, drab, drear, dreary | |
| Broader | depressing, cheerless, uncheerful | Causing sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy |
| Spanish | deprimente, desalentador, desconsolado, macabro, negro, oscuro, triste | |
| Catalan | depriment, desconsolat, descoratjador, macabre, negre, obscur, trist | |
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