Dis`con*sent" (ds`kn*snt"), v. i. To differ; to disagree; to dissent. [Obs.] Milton.
Dis*con"so*la`cy (?), n. The state of being disconsolate. [Obs.] Barrow.
Dis*con"so*late (?), n. Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow.
Dis*con"so*late (?), a. [LL. disconsolatus; L. dis- + consolatus, p. p. of consolari to console. See Console, v. t.] 1. Destitute of consolation; deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.
One morn a Peri at the gate
Of Eden stood disconsolate.
Moore.
The ladies and the knights, no shelter nigh,
Were dropping wet, disconsolate and wan.
Dryden.
2. Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights. Ray.
Syn. -- Forlorn; melancholy; sorrowful; desolate; woeful; hopeless; gloomy.
-- Dis*con"so*late*ly, adv. -- Dis*con"so*late*ness, n.