DEJECTEDNESS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

dejectedness

noun

Definition of dejectedness

as in sadness

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Noun

Out of sadness, but also out of hope and beauty and the belief that what was missing might eventually be found.

— Thao Thai, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026
Corey Ruiz's mother, daughter, partner and siblings joined attorney Ben Crump, expressing their sadness and frustration about his death.

— Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 24 July 2026

Definition of sadness

Noun

The scorching Afrofuturist dystopian nightmare that told of decades of oppression to come (and of centuries past mired in it), was lost to time.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 30 July 2026
In the trailer, Zelie (Thuso Mbedu) and her older brother, Tzain (Tosin Cole), team up with the king’s daughter, Princess Amari (Amandla Stenberg), and his son, Prince Inan (Damson Idris), to fight against the oppression of their people.

— Malik Davis, VIBE.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of oppression

Noun

The only other person in the 21st century who might’ve had as uncanny an ability to look beneath the sordidness and sorrow of red carpets and walks of fame to find truth and even poetry might be David Lynch.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 July 2026
Commenters flooded Aquino’s social media accounts with support, expressing their sorrow at the news of her death.

— Tabitha Parent, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

Definition of sorrow

Noun

There is more potential this month for unhappiness to reach you in this way.

— Steph Koyfman, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 July 2026
Fortunately, there was always a healthy level of unhappiness with progress that has brought us to the doorstep of AI, where the possibilities can become limitless.

— Anisha Manvatkar, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of unhappiness

Noun

When a product begins to influence distress, dependency, trust or professional judgment, the standard can no longer be simple engagement.

— Muhamad Aly Rifai, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Apply distress to a young brain, and the deformation isn’t just in the education process, but in the neurodevelopment of people’s minds.

— Erin Clabough, The Conversation, 31 July 2026

Definition of distress

Noun

Jonestown afflicted Naipaul’s vision, his way of deciphering not just political manias but the dreariness of urban life, the perpetual doom of the nuclear-arms race.

— Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
Days shorten, shadows lengthen, and the cold and dreariness of winter return.

— Thomas A. DuBois, The Conversation, 17 June 2026

Definition of dreariness

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