Disconsolate
Disconsolate adjective - Feeling unhappiness.
Usage example: she was utterly disconsolate when her best friend moved away
Rueful and disconsolate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rueful" instead an adjective "Disconsolate".
Nearby Word: disconsolately
Rueful
Rueful adjective - Expressing or suggesting mourning.
Usage example: the rueful faces of friends and family who had gathered to pay their last respects
Disconsolate and rueful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Disconsolate" instead an adjective "Rueful".
Nearby Words: ruefulness, ruefully
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- melancholy and disconsolate
- melancholy and rueful
- dismal and disconsolate
- dismal and rueful
- woeful and disconsolate
- woeful and rueful
- dejected and disconsolate
- dejected and rueful
- sad and disconsolate
- sad and rueful
- unhappy and disconsolate
- unhappy and rueful
- miserable and disconsolate
- miserable and rueful
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