Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. Want of comfort; disconsolateness.
Wiktionary
- n. The state of being disconsolate; gloom.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. rare Dejection; grief.
Examples
“Rose just stood there, a look of disconsolation on her face as she stared into the future.”
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“Diego's wife later had two other pregnancies, both of which failed in miscarriage, "from which we are truly in a state of disconsolation, so that all that we have earned [here] gives us no joy in that God has not given us any heirs.”
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“I write this now to fight a path out of the abject disconsolation and grief washing over me, because of the passing of my dog of 7 years.”
“We were united in both disconsolation and fatigue, and like survivors of a battle, felt the comradeship of shared discomfort.”
“After some disconsolation on our part, we found an even better place to eat and we enjoyed the staple of Sunday brunches everywhere: Eggs Benedict.”
“But his disconsolation was not an act; his Filipino friends say he's a simple, humble guy who's astonished by his fame.”
“I will go with thee, and thou shalt fight beside me — And twice he laid his hand upon his groin, and hung down his head in sorrow and disconsolation. —”
“We reposed that night among the camp equipment, the sick man caring for naught in his physical collapse and disconsolation.”
“If the hives were inquiringly tapped, instead of a furious and instant alarm and angry outpouring of excited and wrathful citizens, eager to sacrifice themselves in the defence of the rights of the commonwealth, there was merely a buzzing remonstrance, indicative of decreased population, weakness and disconsolation.”
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