cheerlessness

noun

Definition of cheerlessnessnext
as in melancholy

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  1. melancholy
  2. boredom
  3. ennui
Noun
  • Nearly all of them from his late grandmother, who occasionally spoke with melancholy and pride about her older son, Jack.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
  • But Adams often located a layer of melancholy beneath her characters’ sunny surfaces, and those early performances had a depth that now makes her versatility seem obvious.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of melancholy
Noun
  • But always with a very specific purpose that is never about the kind of anxiety of boredom.
    Adam B. Vary, Variety, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The fear of audience boredom certainly animated Coïc-Gallas to keep finding ways to shift our, and the cat’s, perspective of moving through the world and employ sound with incredible specificity.
    Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 29 Nov. 2024
Definition of boredom
Noun
  • In many ways, the persona of Ballerina Farm has become an outlet for the stress, ennui, and dissatisfaction of American motherhood.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 5 Dec. 2024
  • All that’s a recipe for ennui, compared with the overtly sinister way Orlok behaves toward his guest — and later, anyone who stands in the way of his reunion with Thomas’ wife, Ellen (Depp).
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of ennui
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