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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Dis·con·so·late a.
 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.
 Syn: -- Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy.
 -- Dis*con*so*late*ly, adv. -- Dis*con*so*late*ness, n.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 disconsolateness
      n : feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless [syn: despondency,
           despondence, heartsickness]