disconsolateness

Variant of disconsolate

disconsolate definition

dis·con·so·late (dis kän′sə lit, dis′-)

adjective

  1. so unhappy that nothing will comfort; inconsolable; dejected
  2. causing or suggesting dejection; cheerless

Etymology: ME < ML disconsolatus < L dis- + consolatus, pp. of consolari: see dis- & console

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