Definition of Disconsolateness

1. Noun. Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless.


Definition of Disconsolateness

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

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Disconsolateness

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

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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