desolateness

noun

Definition of desolatenessnext
1
as in melancholy

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2
as in bleakness

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  1. melancholy
  2. dejection
  3. nothingness
  4. oppression
  5. despair
  6. misery
  7. gloom
  8. desolation
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Definition of melancholy
Noun
  • Just like that, an entire team’s optimism and energy turned into dejection and disbelief.
    Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
  • The day after a high-stakes presidential election usually brings elation on one side and dejection for the other.
    Daniel Wine, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of dejection
Noun
  • Empty space threatens to overwhelm her lattice of pinpricks and sparkles; her granular timbres often seem on the verge of dissolving into nothingness.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
  • At this point, resisting the urge to rotate, the superfluid suddenly spawns a single quantum vortex — a whorl of atoms surrounding a column of nothingness that extends to the bottom of the bucket.
    Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
Definition of nothingness
Noun
  • And the systematic torture and oppression from Assad’s regime has had a deep impact on groups like HTS.
    Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The Brownsville, Brooklyn emcee takes Christianity to task, examining its use as a tool of trauma and oppression, especially against Black Americans.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of oppression
Noun
  • There is nothing worse than hopelessness, nothing more soul-destroying than pessimism, grief, and despair.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Cooper's observations reflect the despair of countless individuals who have sought fairness and compassion, only to encounter roadblocks and bureaucratic indifference.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of despair
Noun
  • While there are notable and beautiful bright spots to All or Nothing (most of which go to infallible Leigh regular Ruth Sheen), the film really doubles down on the ambient misery of these people’s lives.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Adults explain little to her—the possibility of death lies beyond her field of vision—which gives the vivid misery of her treatment a fairy-tale quality.
    Molly Fischer, The New Yorker, 4 Dec. 2024
Definition of misery
Noun
  • Despite predictions of doom and gloom and the odd technology issue on the website, there is no doubt that the website still runs well.
    Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Republicans, after years of doom and gloom, are feeling great about the economy again.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
Definition of gloom
Noun
  • Singing with heartbreaking sweetness of both familiar desolation and fresh hope, Pratt’s voice remains the music’s animating spirit.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
  • Its peaceful stillness and silence can become desolation, and its beautiful bleakness a portent of doom.
    Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of desolation
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