as in melancholy
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Noun
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Beneath all the sensuality and beauty, there’s also a lingering melancholy that feels very familiar to me.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
16 June 2026 -
Early Years Eichenberg recounted his childhood with some melancholy.—
Jessica George,
JSTOR Daily,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Career pivots are often messy, beginning with boredom signaling that current work no longer fits.—
Cheryl Robinson,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
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Sitting with boredom is a political act.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
18 June 2026
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At first Zeke seems the very embodiment of older generations’ complaints about GenZ ennui, but Rice isn’t taking cheap shots — not least since since his elders-but-not-wisers get no more flattering a portrait once George (Camp) enters the scene.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
19 June 2026
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White’s actorly presence comes through in his vocal performance, lending the beleaguered fighter a sense of depressed world-weariness and poignant ennui.—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
23 May 2026
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“Cheerlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheerlessness. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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