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as in unhappy
feeling unhappiness she was utterly disconsolate when her best friend moved away

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Recent Examples of disconsolate Outside, a disconsolate Santa presses his forehead against the building next door. Liam Sherwin-Murray, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025 By the time the judge adjourned the court, Bryan was disconsolate. Michael Luo, The New Yorker, 29 July 2024 Context: Harris — who served as district attorney of San Francisco, as attorney general of California and as a U.S. senator from the state between 2017 and 2021 — could help electrify an exhausted, disconsolate party. Jacob Knutson, Axios, 22 July 2024 Khoury sees both films as portraits of artists in exile, with Farouk growing increasingly disconsolate over both his personal struggle as a filmmaker and the situation in Palestine. Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 20 July 2024 Video of the injury and his disconsolate reaction is here. Jackson Castellano, Sun Sentinel, 15 July 2024 The middle voice moves at a more deliberate pace through a contrastingly disconsolate fifteen-line text. Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 24 June 2024 After her death, Morgan even resorted to necromancy, reviving the People’s Princess (now embodied by Elizabeth Debicki) as an apparition who soothes a disconsolate Charles (Dominic West) and makes peace with a grieving but resentful Elizabeth (Imelda Staunton). Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2023 Sign up In fairness to this disconsolate lot, there are some signs that some of Trump’s competitors understand what’s been gift-wrapped and laid at their feet. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disconsolate
Adjective
  • Even the relatively staid premiere stole a handful of grim chuckles thanks to its guest star’s exceedingly blasé delivery of impossibly bleak news.
    Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Mar. 2025
  • However, experts have raised concerns about the health of the American economy, warning that the outlook for U.S. businesses and consumers may be bleak, a sentiment shared by many industry executives.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Penguins listed Bunting as a healthy scratch early this season because coaches were unhappy with his effort in games and practices.
    Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Some are unhappy with the people executing his vision for a smaller government. 2️⃣ Soccer showcase: The 2026 World Cup is still more than a year away, but there are already big concerns over whether the host country is ready.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Another remembers her lonely childhood with a single mother and resolved it with a partner from a large family and three children.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 5 Mar. 2025
  • This distinction is important: your parent might live alone without feeling isolated, or conversely, feel lonely despite being surrounded by people.
    Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Family members and two of his lawyers say he was diagnosed with severe PTSD, a sad and rapid fall that ended in another explosion of violence.
    Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Their eggs failed to hatch in 2023 and 2024, leaving many internet followers sad.
    Amanda Kooser, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Still, overall traffic expectations in Meridian are basically pretty depressing.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Depending on your point of view, either the depressing vibes outweigh the gorgeous animation or the gorgeous animation outweighs the depressing vibes.
    Jeremy Fassler, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • An exception is oil and gas executives, some of whom are buying while their shares are depressed.
    John Dorfman, Forbes, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The San Francisco Chronicle reported that Wood became depressed and died by suicide less than a year after the incident.
    Newsweek, Newsweek, 10 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Party leaders asked their members ahead of the address to maintain a dignified and somber presence in the chamber during Trump's speech.
    Barbara Sprunt, NPR, 6 Mar. 2025
  • The mix of Black trauma and White philanthropy created a peculiar vibe in the event space, at once somber and thrilling, mournful and hopeful.
    Nicholas Lalla, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • But in a confessional, Stacey weeps while sympathizing with her heartbroken friend.
    Abigail Adams, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Long Live Curt, a tribute to a close friend who died, could fit on a DJ set with the heartbroken singalongs of fellow Floridians like St. Petersburg’s Rod Wave and Jacksonville’s Lil Poppa.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 14 Mar. 2025

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