dismals

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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)

I was simply trying to joke away the dismals!

From John March, Southerner by Cable, George W.

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

But at the end of book, volume, and part we leave Cyrus once more in the dismals.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by Saintsbury, George

We've all been in the dismals long enough, but a marriage will set us all right again.

From Sharing Her Crime by Fleming, May Agnes