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disconsolate
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin disc?ns?l?tus (“comfortless”), from dis- (“away”) +? c?ns?l?tus (“consoled”).
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /d?s?k?ns?l?t/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d?s?k?ns?l?t/
Adjective
disconsolate (comparative more disconsolate, superlative most disconsolate)
- Cheerless, dreary.
- Synonyms: bleak, dreary, downcast; see also Thesaurus:cheerless
- 2013, Daniel Taylor, Jack Wilshere scores twice to ease Arsenal to victory over Marseille (in The Guardian, 26 November 2013)[1]
- Özil looked a little disconsolate when he was substituted late on, though he did set up Wilshere's second with a lovely pass off the outside of his left boot.
- 1897, W.S.Maugham, Liza of Lambeth, chapter 1.
- Worst off of all were the very young children, for there had been no rain for weeks, and the street was as dry and clean as a covered court, and, in the lack of mud to wallow in, they sat about the road, disconsolate as poets.
- 1885, Robert L. Steveson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, chapter 7.
- Sitting close beside it, taking the air with an infinite sadness of mien, like some disconsolate prisoner, Utterson saw Dr. Jekyll.
- Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Pleasantness of Religion (sermon)
- overwhelmed with disconsolate sorrow
- Synonyms: dejected, inconsolable, unconsolable
- Antonym: consolable
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, The Pleasantness of Religion (sermon)
Derived terms
- disconsolately
- disconsolation
- disconsolateness
Translations
Noun
disconsolate
- (obsolete) Disconsolateness.
Anagrams
- consolidates
Latin
Adjective
disc?ns?l?te
- vocative masculine singular of disc?ns?l?tus
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wretched
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English wrecched, equivalent to wretch +? -ed.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???t??d/
Adjective
wretched (comparative wretcheder or more wretched, superlative wretchedest or most wretched)
- Very miserable; feeling deep affliction or distress.
- I felt wretched after my wife died.
- Worthless; paltry; very poor or mean; miserable.
- The street was full of wretched beggars dressed in rags.
- (obsolete) Hatefully contemptible; despicable; wicked.
- (informal) Used to express dislike of or annoyance towards the mentioned thing.
- Will you please stop playing that wretched trombone!
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "wretched" is often applied: woman, state, life, condition, creature, man, excess, person, place, world, being, situation, weather, slave, animal, city, village, health, house, town.
Synonyms
- (very miserable): See Thesaurus:sad or Thesaurus:lamentable
- (worthless): See Thesaurus:insignificant
- (hatefully contemptible): See Thesaurus:despicable
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
Further reading
- wretched in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- wretched in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “wretched”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??t?t/
- Rhymes: -?t?t
Verb
wretched
- Misspelling of retched.
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