Word Meanings - DISCONSOLATION - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Dejection; grief. Bp. Hall.

Related words: (words related to DISCONSOLATION)

• DEJECTION
  1. A casting down; depression. Hallywell. 2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self. Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson. 3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy. What besides,
• GRIEFFUL
  Full of grief or sorrow. Sackvingle.
• GRIEFLESS
  Without grief. Huloet.
• GRIEF
  gravis heavy; akin to Gr. , Skr. guru, Goth. karus. Cf. Barometer, 1. Pain of mind on account of something in the past; mental suffering arising from any cause, as misfortune, loss of friends, misconduct of one's self or others, etc.;
• AGRIEF
  In grief; amiss. Chaucer.
• HEARTGRIEF
  Heartache; sorrow. Milton.