dejectedness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dejectedness
Noun
  • Julianne cited her sisters' accomplishments in their own fields, as well as their flourishing personal lives, as a reason why the sadness never flowered into full-on resentment.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Shock, anger, sadness, disbelief were words used by multiple senior sources inside the West Wing, ABC News' Katherine Faulders said.
    ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Le Guin’s work recognizes that while some people are resigned to the status quo, others are catalyzed by it to leave, if not to confront, systems of oppression.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Pep talks, affirmations or an arm around your shoulder are good medicine to co-exist with your under-estimator’s oppression.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • View each period of pain, sorrow, and struggle as a natural precursor to your inevitable growth.
    Mark Murphy, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Similarly, fellow country artists such as the Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw and Faith Hill expressed their sorrow over his passing.
    Lynsey Eidell, People.com, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The same applies to Shangjun’s characters, whose unhappiness is primarily caused by their moral mistakes.
    Adam Solomons, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Maybe Shinhye’s unhappiness is solely the product of life under an oppressive government, but maybe some of it is a depression or sense of isolation that would have been hers regardless.
    Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Despite his dejection, Adam Fox had reason for hope.
    Peter Baugh, New York Times, 19 June 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The result is a film that glimmers with moments of wit and melancholy but never settles into coherence.
    Leila Latif, IndieWire, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The film is a series of character studies, quiet, observational and non-judgmental – a comedy, but interwoven with threads of melancholy.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Those with suicide ideation might attempt suicide, but these attempts often represent a desire to escape distress as opposed to end-of-life issues.
    Eric Wood, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In Pennsylvania, lawmakers have still not broken out of the impasse, spelling financial distress for schools and counties that rely particularly heavily on state funding.
    Isabella Volmert, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The doom and gloom among consumers is likely related to the concerning trend of low hiring that is increasingly becoming apparent from revisions by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The mood in clean tech is far from doom and gloom.
    Anna Broughel, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Dejectedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dejectedness. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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