disconsolate
Unable to cheer
Disconsolate describes deep, inconsolable sadness—grief or disappointment so profound that comfort seems impossible.
The word suggests someone beyond cheering up: She sat disconsolate by the window for days after the news.
It's more literary than everyday speech, carrying a tone of romantic melancholy or dignified sorrow.
Beyond possibility of success
- despairingCompletely without hope
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- dejectedLow in spirits
- defeatedOvercome in contest
resignation · futility · bleakness · helplessness · doom · dismay · discouragement · desolation
Emotionally low
- sorrowfulFilled with grief
- dolefulExpressing deep sorrow
- glumQuietly dejected
- woefulExtremely sad or pitiful
morose · lugubrious · somber · gloomy · pensive · wistful · mournful · heavy-hearted
Wanting companionship
- forlornSad and abandoned
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- isolatedSeparated from others
- bereftDeprived through loss
lonesome · solitary · forsaken · desolate · alienated · alone · friendless · companionless
hopeless
Beyond possibility of success
- despairingCompletely without hope
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- dejectedLow in spirits
defeated · resignation · futility · bleakness · helplessness · doom · dismay · discouragement · desolation · crushed
sad
Emotionally low
woeful · morose · lugubrious · somber · gloomy · pensive · wistful · mournful · heavy-hearted · downhearted
lonely
Wanting companionship
bereft · lonesome · solitary · forsaken · desolate · alienated · alone · friendless · companionless · estranged
mourning
Period following loss
- bereavementState following loss
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
anguish · heartache · grieving · loss · keening · woe · elegy · dirge · tears · misery
regretful
Feeling sorrow over actions
- ruefulExpressing sorrowful repentance
- guilt-riddenTormented by remorse
- repentantFeeling sorrow for misdeeds
contrite · remorseful · chagrined · penitent · anguished · tormented · stricken · burdened · haunted · troubled
disconsolatehopeful
Feeling positive expectation
optimistic · sanguine · buoyant · confident · encouraged