downheartedness

Watching the crowds from the window of my slowing train, I caught a sense, despite the general bustle and busy-ness, of despondency, downheartedness, disillusion.

Her attempts at deep concentration and free-floating objectivity were always being shattered by stray niggling worries or sudden brainstorms of rebellion or downheartedness.

The sight of the homeless child came at a time when Mr. Sendak was emerging from a period of particular downheartedness, with friends seeming to die everywhere.

Scaurus took that as mere downheartedness on the admi- ral's part, but Leimmokheir grew so insistent the tribune de- cided to try to meet with the Emperor.

Because these practices of self-mortification would lead to downheartedness, the Ba'al Shem Tov said this is not the right state for someone to be worshipping Hashem (God).

Ms. Braden communicates downheartedness and just plain heartbreak, but she's at her best when Bessie is showy and sassy, shimmying as a dare to the world to try to stop her.

For the same reason, Hasidism shunned the earlier practices of asceticism known to Kabbalists and Ethical followers, as having the potential to induce downheartedness and a weaker spirit for God's service.

O'Donnell later revealed that her initial excitement about being cast on a major primetime television show had very quickly turned to disappointment and downheartedness at feeling like most of the cast had snubbed her and treated her like an interloper.