What's the difference between depressed and disconsolate?

Depressed


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Depress
  • (a.) Pressed or forced down; lowed; sunk; dejected; dispirited; sad; humbled.
  • (a.) Concave on the upper side; -- said of a leaf whose disk is lower than the border.
  • (a.) Lying flat; -- said of a stem or leaf which lies close to the ground.
  • (a.) Having the vertical diameter shorter than the horizontal or transverse; -- said of the bodies of animals, or of parts of the bodies.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) He's Billy no-mates with a Heckler & Koch sniper-rifle, drowning in loneliness, booze and depression.
  • (2) Thyroid replacement led to resolution of both apnea and depression.
  • (3) During and after the infusion of 5HTP, none of the patients showed an increase in anxiety or depressive symptoms, despite the presence of severe side effects.
  • (4) Sixteen patients in whom schizophrenia was initially diagnosed and who were treated with fluphenazine enanthate or decanoate developed severe depression for a short period after the injection.
  • (5) Further, at the end of treatment fewer patients had depressive symptoms and the total daily number of hours of wellbeing and normal movement increased.
  • (6) The active agents modestly improved treadmill exercise duration time until 1 mm ST segment depression (3%), and only propranolol and diltiazem had significant effects.
  • (7) The ED50 and ED95 of mivacurium in each group were estimated from linear regression plots of log dose vs probit of maximum percentage depression of neuromuscular function.
  • (8) The data are compared with the results from 79 patients with a bipolar depression, 192 with a neurotic depression and 89 with a depressive reaction.
  • (9) A similar depressed receptor function was observed for C3b, fibronectin, and some lectins.
  • (10) From these results, it was suggested that the inhibitory effect of Cd on in vitro calcification of MC3T3-E1 cells may be due to both a depression of cell-mediated calcification and a decrease in physiochemical mineral deposition.
  • (11) Both treatments depressed nocturnal pineal melatonin content in rats and hamsters.
  • (12) Infusion of sodium lactate associated with isoproterenol could be used to combat the depressent effects of betablockers in patients with cardiac disorders.
  • (13) We studied the effects of the localisation and size of ischemic brain infarcts and the influence of potential covariates (gender, age, time since infarction, physical handicap, cognitive impairment, aphasia, cortical atrophy and ventricular size) on 'post-stroke depression'.
  • (14) The literature on depression and immunity is reviewed and the clinical implications of our findings are discussed.
  • (15) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
  • (16) However, a recrudescence in both psychotic and depressive symptoms developed as plasma desipramine levels rose 4 times higher than anticipated from the oral doses prescribed.
  • (17) These results indicate that the hormonal status should be taken into consideration in studies dealing with platelet MAO activity in depressed women.
  • (18) Three coyotes were operantly conditioned to depress one of two foot treadles, left or right, depending on the condition of the stimulus light.
  • (19) Although esmolol may be used as a primary hypotensive agent, the potential for marked myocardial depression must be recognized.
  • (20) Subjects who reported incidents of childhood sexual exploitation had lower levels of self-esteem and higher levels of depression than the comparison group.

Disconsolate


Definition:

  • (n.) Disconsolateness.
  • (v. t.) Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.
  • (v. t.) Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) I suspect you would have said that even it wasn’t a pile of poo,” Lidington observed disconsolately.
  • (2) But not so – sadly for Labour business spokesman Chuka Umunna and his disconsolate cohorts.
  • (3) Morrissey: Lord of the Flies Wave upon wave upon wave upon wave washed me up on the desolate, disconsolate island of Rock Celebrity.
  • (4) But the picture of them sitting disconsolately at home, wrapped in Asda's hot-selling "snuggies" (blankets with sleeves) with the heating turned down, is probably misleading.
  • (5) We made mistakes and Agüero is a world-class finisher,” a disconsolate Steve McClaren said.
  • (6) Any further delay [to imposing the contract] just means we will take longer to eliminate [the] weekend effect [of higher death rates among patients admitted to hospital on a Saturday or Sunday].” The Guardian view on the government’s problems: time for intelligent compromise | Editorial Read more The MPs involved were disconsolate at Hunt’s response to what they hoped was a face-saving solution for both sides.
  • (7) But far beyond his family, he leaves a host of disconsolate people, from his closest friends to those whose only acquaintance was through what he wrote and said, who know they have lost a rare, wondrously talented and wholly original man.
  • (8) By the fourth goal, one disconsolate Brazil fan near the giant screens on Copacabana beach walked over to a group of Germans and handed them his national flag in a gesture of surrender.
  • (9) After sliding in to try and stop Negredo scoring Manchester City's second, he got to his feet as if to trudg disconsolently back into position, only to go to ground in agony after something appeared to buckle in his knee.
  • (10) Even the most disconsolate and recalcitrant rebel concedes that the party has spoken and that the leader’s mandate commands attention, even humility, although not yet sincere respect.
  • (11) Among angry teachers and disconsolate pupils, there is a particularly loud outcry about shifts in the grade thresholds in GCSE English.
  • (12) It was the correct decision by the letter of the law, though not by the spirit of the final, as shown when Ashley Williams ran over to console Duke – a former team-mate at Stockport County – as he trudged away disconsolately after the first sending off of his career.
  • (13) "We felt disconsolate [about the North Koreans' pullout] at first, but we didn't know that would it would last this long," said Yeo Dongkoo, director at Sudo Corporation, which produces handkerchiefs and scarves at Kaesong.
  • (14) Occasionally groups of disconsolate policemen armed with old Kalashnikovs squat in roadside posts but there is an overwhelming if diffuse sense of threat.
  • (15) Disconsolate pandas have struggled to breed but that little inconvenience has now been overcome.
  • (16) Here, Pratt appeared to be the leader, pepping up his disconsolate comrades for the challenges ahead at a time of toil and heartache.
  • (17) By then, the Conservative battle bus, with David Cameron on board, was heading disconsolately for Wales.
  • (18) Akinfeev was disconsolate as he trudged off the pitch and into an encouraging if somewhat strange high five from Capello.
  • (19) This shared conviction left Sunderland’s manager looking on disconsolate as, inspired by Christian Eriksen, Pochettino’s Tottenham monopolised the ball.
  • (20) Colleagues who remained at their campaign headquarters in Appleton were disconsolate, slumped before a computer screen, slowly realising that almost 500 days of rebellion had ended in failure despite impressive mobilisation of their base.