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as in melancholy
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as in bleakness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for desolateness
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Lacy’s new music maintains his sly sense of humor, but with a barefaced melancholy that pushes it to new emotional depths.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
14 Aug. 2025 -
More often than not, the film’s nostalgia is sweet and enjoyable because it is paired with the melancholy that comes from all the acknowledgments of the actors from the original who died over the last 29 years.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
30 July 2025
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Despite his dejection, Adam Fox had reason for hope.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Ferran is just as compelling when such vibrancy and vitality gives way to dejection and disharmony as her aspiring writing career grinds to a halt and her health starts to deteriorate.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
2 May 2025
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At nearly 60, a life of nothingness without love—what is the point?—
Greg Norman , David Spunt,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Many start to fear that only a sense of nothingness comes after.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Knowledge is power, as the saying goes, and knowledge wielded to dismantle empire and systems of oppression is dangerous to imperialism and capitalism.—
Sahar Mustafah
August 27,
Literary Hub,
27 Aug. 2025
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Some of those words and phrases, contained within several different categories, include holding space, microaggression, triggering, systems of oppression, the unhoused, pregnant people, LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and involuntary confinement.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Aug. 2025
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The knowledge that tens of thousands of children have been stolen deepens despair for parents across Ukraine.—
Irwin Redlener,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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The suicide of a Belgian father, the death of a retiree lured by a chatbot, the despair of teenagers drawn to AI in isolation.—
Ron Schmelzer,
Forbes.com,
21 Aug. 2025
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Adding to the misery, smoke from the Pickett Fire burning near Calistoga was expected to impact Sonoma, Napa and Solano counties, according to the Bay Area Air District.—
Rick Hurd,
Mercury News,
22 Aug. 2025
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Thirteen days of misery, and then the ship stopped.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Aug. 2025
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This is a club that has endured more than its fair share of doom and gloom in recent times.—
Graham Ruthven,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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Shonda Shines Star power and spice: Jake and Max have been pounding the halls of the Edinburgh International Conference Centre the past four days for the 50th anniversary of the Edinburgh TV Festival, an event that struck a positive chord after a 2024 characterized by doom and gloom.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
22 Aug. 2025
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The landscapes of southernmost Louisiana pair opulent biodiversity with postapocalyptic desolation.—
Nathaniel Rich,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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How will the last cockeyed optimist in popular culture deal with such desolation?—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Desolateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desolateness. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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