All 6 Uses of
disconsolate
in
Nicholas Nickleby
- These considerations led the deep-sighted lady into a calculation of the probable duration of Mrs Wititterly's life, and the chances of the disconsolate widower bestowing his hand on her daughter.†
Chpt 21 *
- 'I don't want any sum,' replied her disconsolate husband; 'I shall require no demd allowance.†
Chpt 34
- Brighter Days seem to dawn upon the Family Having established his mother and sister in the apartments of the kind-hearted miniature painter, and ascertained that Sir Mulberry Hawk was in no danger of losing his life, Nicholas turned his thoughts to poor Smike, who, after breakfasting with Newman Noggs, had remained, in a disconsolate state, at that worthy creature's lodgings, waiting, with much anxiety, for further intelligence of his protector.†
Chpt 35
- 'My house,' answered the disconsolate Gride, affected perhaps by its loneliness.†
Chpt 56
- But Mrs Squeers's lord it was; and in a tolerably disconsolate mood Mrs Squeers's lord appeared to be, as, helping himself from a black bottle which stood on the table beside him, he cast round the chamber a look, in which very slight regard for the objects within view was plainly mingled with some regretful and impatient recollection of distant scenes and persons.†
Chpt 57
- Mr Squeers continued to look disconsolately about him, and to listen to these noises in profound silence, broken only by the rustling of his large coat, as he now and then moved his arm to raise his glass to his lips.†
Chpt 57
Definition:
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(disconsolate) sad beyond comforting