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Definition of Disconsolation
1. n. Dejection; grief.
Definition of Disconsolation
1. Noun. The state of being disconsolate; gloom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disconsolation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disconsolation
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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