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DISCONSOLATENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disconsolateness mean? 

DISCONSOLATENESS (noun)
  The noun DISCONSOLATENESS has 1 sense:

1. feeling downcast and disheartened and hopelessplay

  Familiarity information: DISCONSOLATENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DISCONSOLATENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

Classified under:

Nouns denoting feelings and emotions

Synonyms:

despondence; despondency; disconsolateness; heartsickness

Hypernyms ("disconsolateness" is a kind of...):

depression (sad feelings of gloom and inadequacy)

Derivation:

disconsolate (sad beyond comforting; incapable of being consoled)


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