disconsolation

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In London the Council of Foreign Ministers achieved only the disconsolation of all in the world who desired peace, not power.

From Time Magazine Archive

But there was much of disconsolation in his voice.

From The Song of the Wolf by Mayer, Frank

A vast lassitude was weighing upon her, body and spirit were faint in the enervation of an inexorable disconsolation.

From Red Masquerade by Vance, Louis Joseph

The question is to seek consolation in disconsolation.

From Tragic Sense Of Life by Flitch, J. E. Crawford (John Ernest Crawford)

Then would anxiety, incertitude, and disconsolation possess the bosom of Melissa, until dissipated by his safe return.

From Alonzo and Melissa The Unfeeling Father by Mitchell, I. (Isaac)