1. (a.) Deeply dejected and dispirited; hopelessly sad; comfortless\; filled with grief; as, a bereaved and disconsolate parent.

2. (v. t.) Inspiring dejection; saddening; cheerless; as, the disconsolate darkness of the winter nights.

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