disconsolateness

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Although he had resolved to return to Spain in the same ship, because of the disconsolateness of his parents at his departure, he changed his mind, and finished his novitiate in Manila.

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 28 of 55 1637-38 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Close of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

As for me, instead of desolating, the harsh disconsolateness of the scene seemed to uplift me; I savoured it with joy, as one savours the melancholy of a tragic work of art.

From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Bennett, Arnold

The Marquis de Pe�alta had passed from disconsolateness to melancholy, and from this he was gradually letting himself drift on toward a happier frame of mind.

From The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel by Palacio Vald?s, Armando

"She didn't cry," reported the mother, with a disconsolateness that did not agree with the cheering words of the reports.

From When Egypt Went Broke by Day, Holman

If I emerge from myself, disconsolateness everywhere, spread all over the world.

From Woman by Marx, Magdeleine