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1 troosteloos
♦voorbeelden:1 een troosteloze aanblik bieden • look a vision of dreariness, present a cheerless prospecteen troosteloos landschap • a dreary/desolate part of the country -
2 somber
adj. gloomy, morose, morbid, sombre, somber, sad, dark, darksome, dun, lowering, lugubrious, tenebrous, cloudy, murky, mirky, murk, mirk, dingy, grey, gray, black, dull, joyless, mirthless, cheerless, funereal, feral, disconsolate, desolate, saturnine--------adv. cheerlessly, disconsolately, gloomily, glumly, darkly, gravely -
3 troosteloos
adj. desolate, disconsolate, cheerless, comfortless, bleak, gloomy, forlorn--------adv. disconsolately, cheerlessly -
4 mistroostig
♦voorbeelden:1 mistroostig voor zich uit staren • stare dejectedly/gloomily into the distance
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Disconsolate — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Disconsolate — Dis*con so*late, n. Disconsolateness. [Obs.] Barrow. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
disconsolate — I adjective afflicted, anguished, atrabilious, bereaved, brokenhearted, burdened, careworn, cast down, cheerless, comfortless, crestfallen, crushed, dejected, depressed, desolate, despairing, despondent, discouraged, disheartened, dismal,… … Law dictionary
disconsolate — (adj.) c.1400, from M.L. disconsolatus comfortless, from L. dis away (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + consolatus, pp. of consolari (see CONSOLE (Cf. console) (v.)). Related: Disconsolately … Etymology dictionary
disconsolate — woebegone, *downcast, dejected, depressed, dispirited Analogous words: inconsolable, comfortless (see affirmative verbs at COMFORT): sorrowful, woeful (see corresponding nouns at SORROW): *melancholy, doleful … New Dictionary of Synonyms
disconsolate — [adj] depressed, unhappy bad, black, blue, cheerless, cold, comfortless, crestfallen, crushed, dark, dejected, desolate, despairing, destroyed, dispirited, distressed, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, dreary, forlorn, gloomy, grief stricken … New thesaurus
disconsolate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ unable to be comforted or consoled; very unhappy. DERIVATIVES disconsolately adverb … English terms dictionary
disconsolate — [dis kän′sə lit, dis′kän′sə lit] adj. [ME < ML disconsolatus < L dis + consolatus, pp. of consolari: see DIS & CONSOLE1] 1. so unhappy that nothing will comfort; inconsolable; dejected 2. causing or suggesting dejection; cheerless… … English World dictionary
disconsolate — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin disconsolatus, from Latin dis + consolatus, past participle of consolari to console Date: 14th century 1. cheerless < a clutch of disconsolate houses D. H. Lawrence > 2. dejected, downcast … New Collegiate Dictionary
disconsolate — disconsolately, adv. disconsolation /dis kon seuh lay sheuhn/, disconsolateness, n. /dis kon seuh lit/, adj. 1. without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate. 2. characterized by or… … Universalium
disconsolate — adjective a) cheerless, dreary I opened my eyes to this disconsolate day. b) seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable For weeks after the death of her cat she was disconsolate. Syn … Wiktionary