disconsolate
Example Sentences
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The head coach cut a disconsolate figure at full-time.
From BBC
Marianne is first consumed by her own infatuation, then disconsolate when Willoughby dumps her for an heiress, and finally felled by a fever.
Fulham's players looked understandably disconsolate - and their counterparts know the feeling, having already been on the receiving end of late sucker punches themselves against Brighton, Arsenal and Liverpool this season.
From BBC
Once the country sees him as president again I suspect that the disconsolate lethargy so many have been feeling will lift and we'll see some energy return to the opposition.
From Salon
This was the first Labour leader’s conference speech delivered as prime minister in 15 years - 5,474 days if any disconsolate party activists have been counting.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
