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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 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 Video of the injury and his disconsolate reaction is here. Jackson Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconsolate
Adjective
  • The observations from Drewry’s and Moody’s, as well as the scenario floated by McCown, follow a bleak outlook for the middle of May out of the biggest port in the U.S.
    Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 25 Apr. 2025
  • These economic concerns echo findings from a Federal Reserve survey last week that said Americans’ view of the economy is bleak — and getting worse.
    Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Particularly now that Americans are unhappy with the state of economy.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Some 59% of voters are unhappy with how things are going in the country.
    Dana Blanton, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Community service for an increasingly lonely, isolated society?
    Nate Rogers, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2025
  • According to recent Gallup data, approximately 20% of U.S. adults report feeling lonely every day.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Her story is beautiful and sad, heartwarming and devastating.
    American Booksellers Association, USA Today, 3 May 2025
  • If my random and unscientific survey of some French opinion at all represents the nation’s as a whole, then the debut of Donald Trump’s America has left some French triste — a bit sad, even brokenhearted, and also wary and vigilant.
    Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2025
Adjective
  • They are already relegated to the Championship with five games to play and could break club records after a desperately depressing campaign.
    Rob Tanner, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Editor’s picks An hour of episodic television is usually breech-birthed in a depressing Hollywood conference room filled with dyspeptic writers arguing over lines as the space fills up with the smell of fear, body odor, and Asian fusion takeout.
    Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Investors are keenly watching these metrics as European banks transition to an environment of monetary easing, particularly in Switzerland, which has been combating a strong franc and depressed inflation with interest rates as low as 0.25%.
    Ruxandra Iordache, CNBC, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Dracula’s Daughter is about a lady vampire who seduces and feeds off other ladies and who is depressed and desperate to be cured of her unyielding desire for wom— sorry.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • There's an eclectic mix of jazz, big sweeping orchestral pieces, high energy electric guitars, and quiet, somber piano tunes.
    Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Apr. 2025
  • President Donald Trump is set to address the annual White House Easter Egg Roll hours after the death of Pope Francis, making for a somber backdrop for the light-hearted, kid-friendly affair.
    Joey Garrison, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The recent tragic helicopter crash into the Hudson River, which claimed six lives, has left our city heartbroken and once again grappling with difficult questions about public safety and aviation policy.
    Keith Powers, New York Daily News, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The heartbroken couple spent days looking for Valerie but eventually had to return to their lives in Broken Hill, New South Wales.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025

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“Disconsolate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disconsolate. Accessed 8 May. 2025.

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