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Synonyms for disconsolate

Adjective

1. inconsolable (vs. consolable), disconsolate, unconsolable, desolate
usage: sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled; "inconsolable when her son died"
2. blue, dark, depressing, disconsolate, dismal, dispiriting, gloomy, grim, cheerless (vs. cheerful), uncheerful
usage: causing dejection; "a blue day"; "the dark days of the war"; "a week of rainy depressing weather"; "a disconsolate winter landscape"; "the first dismal dispiriting days of November"; "a dark gloomy day"; "grim rainy weather"
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