disconsolationn.
/ˌdɪskɒnsəˈleɪʃn/, /dᵻˌskɒnsəˈleɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌdɪˌskɑnsəˈleɪʃən/, /dᵻˌskɑnsəˈleɪʃən/ The state or condition of being disconsolate; unhappiness, despondency. Also: a feeling of unhappiness. Cf. disconsolateness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > [noun]
unlustOE
sorrowfulnessa1250
heavinessc1275
elengenessec1320
dullnessc1369
tristourc1380
murknessc1390
tristesse1390
faintness1398
ungladnessa1400
droopingc1400
heavity14..
dejectionc1450
terne?a1513
disconsolation1515
descence1526
marea1529
sadness?1537
dumpishness1548
unblessedness1549
dolorousness1553
ruefulness?1574
dolefulness1586
heartlessness1591
languishment1591
mopishness1598
soul-sickness1603
contristation1605
damp1606
gloominess1607
sableness1607
uncheerfulnessa1617
disconsolateness1624
cheerlessnessa1631
dejectedness1633
droopingness1635
disanimation1637
lowness1639
desponsion1641
disconsolacy1646
despondency1653
dispiritedness1654
chagrin1656
demission1656
jawfall1660
weightedness1660
depression1665
disconsolancy1665
grumness1675
despondence1676
despond1678
disheartenednessa1680
glumness1727
low1727
gloom1744
low-spiritedness1754
blue devils1756
black dog1776
humdudgeon1785
blue devilism1787
dispiritude1797
wishtnessc1800
downheartedness1801
blue-devilage1816
dispiritment1827
downcastness1827
depressiveness1832
dolorosity1835
lugubriosity1840
disconsolance1847
down1856
heavy-heartedness1860
lugubriousness1879
sullenness1885
low key1886
melancholia1896
burn-out1903
mokus1924
downness1927
mopiness1927
deflation1933
wallow1934
1515 Queen Mary of France Let. in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. I. 123 Pleasythe yt yowr Grace to my hertyest dyscomforte, sorow, and dysconsolacyon, but lately I have been afartysed of the grete and hye desplaysowr wyche yowr Hynes berythe to me.
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares f. 25v Tuning his owne priuate disconsolations to the darke gloomy ayre.
1620 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. V. O.T. xiv. 101 The earth yeelded him nothing, but matter of disconsolation, and heauines.
1648 J. Beaumont Psyche xix. cliii. 380/2 In the depth of this Disconsolation She plunged lay, and saw no Way to Rise.
1718 J. Rose Duty of Prayer i. 3 Prayer is..a laying open our Wants before God, complaining of our Burthens, representing our Griefs and Disconsolations.
a1754 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. (1755) IV. 210 Their doors being shut close..in a time of mourning and disconsolation.
1802 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 4 Dec. 725 Disconsolation in Switzerland is general and deep.
1893 S. Grand Heavenly Twins ii. xiii. 237 The sun..a glaring garish baldness of light, that accentuated her own disconsolation.
1908 Algona (Iowa) Advance 30 July 1/1 Now the sunshine of that happy home has departed and gloom and disconsolation have taken possession.
1971 Life 21 May 28/1 She told..of the discouragements and disconsolations that were hers.
2002 Sunday Tribune (Ireland) (Nexis) 10 Mar. 2 A pal of mine..came to me in a state of disconsolation two years ago. ‘I need help,’ she wailed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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