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Definition of Disconsolateness
1. Noun. Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.
Generic synonyms: Depression
Derivative terms: Despond, Despondent, Despond, Despondent, Disconsolate, Heartsick, Heartsick
Definition of Disconsolateness
1. Noun. The state of being disconsolate; gloom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disconsolateness
Literary usage of Disconsolateness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Biblical Repository and Classical Review. by American Biblical Repository (1832)
"This disconsolateness is confessed by Seneca, when he says :115 " I once flattered
myself with the expectation of a future state, because I believed others. ..."
2. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... every spear of grass alike, and we returned from the fruitless search to number
over our losses with a feeling of disconsolateness verging on despair. ..."
3. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"You know I seldom waste time in blaming myself, and tarry but a brief space in
the idle disconsolateness of repentance. I must try to be less weak, ..."
4. Early Western Travels, 1748-1846: A Series of Annotated Reprints of Some of by Reuben Gold Thwaites (1905)
"... every spear of grass alike, and we returned from the fruitless search to number
over our losses with a feeling of disconsolateness verging on despair. ..."
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