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# disconsolate

«disconsolate» in Mova's school dictionary: **Very sad and hopeless, so that nothing seems able to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (disconsolate, more disconsolate)

### meaning for a pupil

Very sad and hopeless, so that nothing seems able to cheer you up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconsolate/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a grieving mother or a lost child is disconsolate; it shows deep sorrow after a loss

### examples

- The boy sat disconsolate after he lost his dog. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconsolate/#x1)
- Fiachna was disconsolate, high up in the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconsolate/#x2)
- The disconsolate widow wept by the grave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconsolate/#x3)
- Why do you look so disconsolate? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconsolate/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «disconsolate» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disconsolate/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.