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

The theme occasioned as much enthusiasm as could be expected from hearts saddened by disconsolation.

From The Siege of Kimberley by Phelan, T.

The question is to seek consolation in disconsolation.

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

We reposed that night among the camp equipment, the sick man caring for naught in his physical collapse and disconsolation.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

He spoke hurriedly, as if he would thrust his desire to comfort between her and the wave of disconsolation that he felt was about to cover her.

From The City of Delight A Love Drama of the Siege and Fall of Jerusalem by Leyendecker, Frank X.