Definition of Disconsolation

1. n. Dejection; grief.

Definition of Disconsolation

1. Noun. The state of being disconsolate; gloom. ¹

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Definition of Disconsolation

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disconsolation

disconnectivity
disconnector
disconnectors
disconnects
disconnexion
disconnexions
disconsecrate
disconsecrated
disconsecrates
disconsecrating
disconsolacy
disconsolate
disconsolated
disconsolately
disconsolateness
disconsolation (current term)
disconsolations
disconsonant
discontent
discontentation
discontentations
discontented
discontentedly
discontentedness
discontentful
discontenting
discontention
discontentions
discontentive
discontentment

Literary usage of Disconsolation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of John Owen by John Owen (1826)
"Thus we have the church's complaint in a deep disconsolation: ' My way is hid from the Lord, and my judgment is passed over from my God;' Isa. xl. 27. ..."

2. Memoirs of John Howard Payne, the American Roscius: With Criticisms on His (1815)
"... vain effort to procure rest, than the common reading, " I cannot sleep" with the emphasis on the last word. While in this state of lucid disconsolation ..."

3. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1844)
"But the danger to which a real believer is exposed, of verging towards one of these extremes in times of inward darkness and disconsolation, is especially ..."

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