Disconsolate - English meaning

adjective

Sad and disappointed.

Usage examples:

He came back empty-handed and crestfallen

adjective

Deformed, pulverized, or forced inwards by compression.

Usage examples:

Crushed trousers and a crumpled jacket

verb

Compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape.

Usage examples:

The front of his car was crushed in the collision

verb

Past simple and past participle of crush

Usage examples:

The package had been badly crushed in the post., add three cloves of crushed garlic., his arm was b…

adjective

Sad and depressed; dispirited.

Usage examples:

He stood in the street looking dejected

verb

Make sad or dispirited; depress.

Usage examples:

Nothing dejects a trader like the interruption of his profits

adjective

Unhappy, disappointed, or lacking hope

Usage examples:

William felt dejected because he had sprained his ankle and had to sit out the game.

adjective

Having lost confidence or hope; disheartened.

Usage examples:

How do you motivate demoralized employees?

verb

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or hope.

Usage examples:

The general strike had demoralized the trade unions

adjective

Having lost your confidence, enthusiasm, and hope

Usage examples:

After the game, the players were tired and demoralized.

adjective

(of a person) in a state of unhappiness or despondency.

Usage examples:

She felt lonely and depressed

verb

Make (someone) feel utterly dispirited or dejected.

Usage examples:

That first day at school depressed me

adjective

Feeling unhappy and without hope

Usage examples:

He’s depressed about losing his job., this is an economically depressed area.

adjective

(of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

Usage examples:

A desolate pennine moor

verb

Make (a place) appear bleakly empty.

Usage examples:

The droughts that desolated the dry plains

adjective

(of a place) having no living things; empty

Usage examples:

A desolate landscape, when her son left for a year abroad, she felt desolate.

adjective

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Usage examples:

She grew more and more despondent

adjective

Unhappy and discouraged because you feel you are in a situation that is unlikely to improve

Usage examples:

He grew increasingly despondent when his paintings failed to sell.

adjective

Sad or displeased because someone or something has failed to fulfil one's hopes or expectations.

Usage examples:

I'm disappointed in you, mary

verb

Fail to fulfil the hopes or expectations of.

Usage examples:

I have no wish to disappoint everyone by postponing the visit

adjective

Unhappy or discouraged because your hopes or expectations about something or someone were not satisfied

Usage examples:

Obviously, we were disappointed in the jury’s verdict., i’m disappointed by the way our team played…

adjective

Having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened.

Usage examples:

He must be feeling pretty discouraged

verb

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

Tedious regulations could discourage investors

adjective

Having lost determination or confidence; dispirited.

Usage examples:

A disheartened tone of voice

verb

Cause (someone) to lose determination or confidence.

Usage examples:

The farmer was disheartened by the damage to his crops

adjective

Having lost confidence, hope, and energy

Usage examples:

She was very disheartened by the results of the test., after several setbacks it's hard not to grow…

adjective

Having lost enthusiasm and hope; disheartened.

Usage examples:

She was determined to appear unworried in front of her dispirited family

verb

Cause (someone) to lose enthusiasm or hope.

Usage examples:

The army was dispirited by the uncomfortable winter conditions

adjective

Not feeling hopeful about a situation or problem

Usage examples:

The poor are dispirited.

adjective

Expressing sorrow; mournful.

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A doleful look

adjective

Very sad

Usage examples:

A doleful expression/look

adjective

(of a person's eyes) looking downwards.

Usage examples:

Her modestly downcast eyes

noun

A shaft dug in a mine for extra ventilation.

Usage examples:

The probable explanation is, that the return air was leaking across into the downcast shaft at vari…

adjective

Looking down, usually because of being shy or sad

adjective

Discouraged; in low spirits.

Usage examples:

Fans must not be downhearted even though we lost

adjective

Unhappy, esp. because of failure or because you are disappointed

adjective

Feeling or showing sorrow; unhappy.

Usage examples:

I was sad and subdued

adjective

(of dough) heavy through having failed to rise.

abbreviation

Seasonal affective disorder.

adjective

Not happy.

Usage examples:

An unhappy marriage

adjective

Not feeling pleasure or satisfaction

Usage examples:

It was an unhappy time of her life., they were unhappy about their hotel room (= did not like it) a…

adjective

Sad or miserable in appearance.

Usage examples:

Don't look so woebegone, joanna

adjective

Looking very sad

Usage examples:

When he wants to go for a walk, the dog sits by the door with a woebegone expression., there's no n…