Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Want of comfort; disconsolateness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare Dejection; grief.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state of being
disconsolate ;gloom .
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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."
Pestilence and Headcolds: Encountering Illness in Colonial Mexico 2008
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Rose just stood there, a look of disconsolation on her face as she stared into the future.
Post Pomp (20/22) amberfocus 2008
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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.
January 2006 2006
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We were united in both disconsolation and fatigue, and like survivors of a battle, felt the comradeship of shared discomfort.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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We were united in both disconsolation and fatigue, and like survivors of a battle, felt the comradeship of shared discomfort.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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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.
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We were united in both disconsolation and fatigue, and like survivors of a battle, felt the comradeship of shared discomfort.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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We were united in both disconsolation and fatigue, and like survivors of a battle, felt the comradeship of shared discomfort.
Vineyard Chill Philip R. Craig 2008
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But his disconsolation was not an act; his Filipino friends say he's a simple, humble guy who's astonished by his fame.
The Magician 2005
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