dismals

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He only sat down, relieved, when Helene had signed to him that the child was in her dismals, as Rosalie was wont to say.

From A Love Episode by Zola, Émile

The worst miss of all to me is, that, when we are in the dismals, there is now no hope of relief from any quarter whatsoever.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)

She was a splendid woman, and had the best faculty of dispelling the blues, dumps and dismals of any person I ever met.

From Nurse and Spy in the Union Army The Adventures and Experiences of a Woman in Hospitals, Camps, and Battle-Fields by Edmonds, S. Emma E.

Such pretty employment in new dismals, when she had hardly worn round her blazing joyfuls!

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 8 by Richardson, Samuel

He concluded that she was not out of her mind, that she had simply had a fit of the dismals, and dismissed the matter.

From A Life For a Love A Novel by Meade, L. T.