ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Disconsolately

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Disconsolately is an adverb meaning In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.

Meaning

In a cheerless, dreary manner; in a manner which suggests that one is beyond consolation.

Example Sentences

From the bank the lamb looked at her, then faced round to the hut, and, baaing disconsolately, trotted a few paces back.
Disconsolately they shot the water-chute, swung on the swings, ate fairy floss from the booth like nostalgic exiles from fairyland.

Synonyms for disconsolately

Depending on context, synonyms include bleakly, drearily, dejectedly, inconsolably, unconsolably, desolately.

Antonyms for disconsolately

Common opposites include consolably.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include desolately, cheerlessly, despondently, unconsolingly, despairfully, despondingly.

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