(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.
Heartbroken
Definition:
(a.) Overcome by crushing sorrow; deeply grieved.
Example Sentences:
(1) But I've never been in a relationship and been heartbroken.
(2) Yu Hongchen, the vice dean of China’s football management centre, said Team China players had been left “heartbroken” by the defeat to Syria.
(3) Cheryl Boone Isaacs, president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which organises the Oscars, has said she’s “heartbroken” by the lack of diversity and that AMPAS will be taking “dramatic steps” to adjust the balance of its membership to include more black and ethnic minority film-makers.
(4) She said: "We are absolutely heartbroken," and blamed his illness on a lifetime of cigarette smoking.
(5) Kaplinsky, the TV presenter who won Strictly Come Dancing in 2004, was said to have been “heartbroken” when private details of her wedding and honeymoon were published.
(6) "In the conclusion of the tragedy by Chekohov, everyone is disappointed, disillusioned, embittered, heartbroken, but alive."
(7) Without sounding like a cynical heartbroken niece, I welcome the Sports Charter and above all hope it will finally bring tolerance and change in one of the most loved games in the world.
(8) At this point in time our family is heartbroken, not able to grieve; his body is still in the mortuary all alone.
(9) Heartbroken, Paul refused to leave the Portland Place apartment, the place where his daughter passed away.
(10) Minister Stan Smith said members of the Cornerstone Community Church congregation were offering to mourn with people who were heartbroken by the news of Henning's death.
(11) As someone who had a chance to talk to him in the past, I really feel heartbroken to see how he has been treated,” said Patrick Poon, a Hong Kong-based Amnesty International activist.
(12) Yvette van Schalkwyk, a social worker and probation officer assigned to Pistorius after he shot dead his girlfriend, testified that he was sincerely heartbroken and sorry for what Reeva Steenkamp's parents were going through.
(13) Iwas heartbroken to read about the impact of child sexual abuse on the former footballers Andy Woodward , Steve Walters and Paul Stewart .
(14) Meanwhile , the company's founder Guy Laliberté – the stilt walker who in 2009 became a billionaire space tourist – has said he is "heartbroken" by the traumatic accident.
(15) "Twenty heartbroken families lost a child in the Sandy Hook school shooting," Green says in the video.
(16) He said that Reed remained "heartbroken" by the incident, in which he lost friends and co-workers.
(17) Fastest in tournament history Facebook Twitter Pinterest Brazil fans were heartbroken after the 7-1 defeat by Germany
(18) "We’re heartbroken that something like this might have happened again," the president said.
(19) The German media have been more awed than heartbroken by the spectacular match between Liverpool and Dortmund: “4:3!
(20) He upset already-heartbroken volunteers and activists further with this statement.