Defn: To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] Milton.
DISCONSOLACY
Dis*con"so*la`cy, n.
Defn: The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] Barrow.
DISCONSOLATE
Dis*con"so*late, n.
Defn: Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.
DISCONSOLATE Dis*con"so*late, a. Etym: [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.
Syn.
— Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless;
gloomy.
— Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv.
— Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.
DISCONSOLATED
Dis*con"so*la`ted, a.