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as in unhappy
feeling unhappiness she was utterly disconsolate when her best friend moved away

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Recent Examples of disconsolate As Wilshere and his players greeted the Norwich fans, across the Riverside pitch, Michael Carrick and his Middlesbrough squad were conducting a disconsolate lap of appreciation in a largely emptied stadium. Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025 After noticing disconsolate tourists wandering the perimeter, Taskinen proposed installing a café on the ground floor and restoring the building’s four spacious apartments into modest but comfortable rooms filled with Artek furniture. Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025 My father, disconsolate, would pace around what had once been their home in an exaggerated performance of his own uselessness. Hazlitt, 2 Apr. 2025 Outside, a disconsolate Santa presses his forehead against the building next door. Liam Sherwin-Murray, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 Outside, a disconsolate Santa presses his forehead against the building next door. Liam Sherwin-Murray, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate. Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024 Context: Harris — who served as district attorney of San Francisco, as attorney general of California and as a U.S. senator from the state between 2017 and 2021 — could help electrify an exhausted, disconsolate party. Jacob Knutson, Axios, 22 July 2024 Khoury sees both films as portraits of artists in exile, with Farouk growing increasingly disconsolate over both his personal struggle as a filmmaker and the situation in Palestine. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 20 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconsolate
Adjective
  • The fiscal prospects for both Chicago and its transit authority are bleak.
    A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Europe’s biggest economy Germany shrank more than expected in the second quarter of the year and faces a bleak outlook.
    Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • And a surprising amount of grace from staff who, although unhappy with the changes, felt respected.
    Taazima Kala, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The Heat, at the time, wanted to dump Lowry — who was unhappy about his diminished role — and believed Rozier would give Miami an offensive infusion.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • But when Shapiro demoed it on piano, Stiller recognized a spiritual cousin to David Shire’s lonely, somewhat jazzy solo piano score for The Conversation.
    Tim Greiving, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Revenge is a piping-hot casserole, graciously presented to a lonely ex-tormentor.
    James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • How long is unknown, but with the season winding down and every game increasing in importance, any game off for Tucker is a sad statement on how far his stock has dropped in the last month.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2025
  • But the film’s precise, funny characters and vivid, sweltering look would have meant nothing without Lee’s wise and ultimately sad vision of multicultural America as a place where good intentions and casual mistrust are as commonplace as the local pizzeria.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Gambling today, however, is a sad and depressing experience, nothing like my dad’s and my Atlantic City adventure.
    Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And yet, somehow, the most depressing show on TV—with the exception of any news broadcast, at least—is a reality soap about bougie couples in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
    Judy Berman, Time, 13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • That view shifted Wednesday, with our double upgrade back to our buy-equivalent 1 rating after CEO David Ricks and several other company insiders bought lots of shares of the depressed stock.
    Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Though heartbreaking, the film is rooted in laughter, with Jamie living his life not in a depressed state but rather choosing to live in the moment.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 4 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Despite its somber lyrics, the song’s beat will rightfully lead to voguing in a party setting.
    Meagan Jordan, Rolling Stone, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Despite his seemingly somber expression, Max is a happy dog.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • While the feline escaped unscathed, Lex admitted the incident left her heartbroken.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • That’s not to say Moore wasn’t heartbroken or incredibly stressed out during the wildfires.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025

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“Disconsolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconsolate. Accessed 29 Aug. 2025.

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