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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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Neither a square nor prime number, 2026 is still intriguing Number enthusiasts may be looking to the new year with a touch of melancholy.—
Manon Bischoff,
Scientific American,
10 Jan. 2026 -
Cookie cravings, a tinge of melancholy, and the urge to hibernate and fix your life all at once.—
Anna Grace Lee,
Vogue,
8 Jan. 2026
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Banishing all of that bleakness, Hurts rolled right on third-and-goal and fit a 15-yard touchdown pass to a leaping Dallas Goedert between a layer of multiple defenders.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
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The long-view shtick works for a while, but the bleakness gets exhausting.—
Sam Lipsyte,
Curbed,
15 Dec. 2025
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Instead, Bevza felt a pressing need to remedy the barrenness of the Ukrainian fashion scene at the time.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Dec. 2025
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Self-awareness and community are marvelous antidotes to the barrenness of conformity.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Aug. 2025
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Karbler notes that dejection and disappointment are common reactions in these kinds of scenarios.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
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So, too, was the ecstasy at which City celebrated their equally exhilarating 3-2 victory over Arsenal, their joy at odds with the dejection of the Arsenal players who had twice clawed their way back to parity but failed to hold on.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
5 Oct. 2025
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And if the Upside Down collapses, everything inside gets swept up into that nothingness.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
26 Dec. 2025
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Jess Mai Walker and Joseph Ware’s artistic and geographic origins seem like a far cry from this distinctly American form of vast nothingness.—
Billie Bugara,
Pitchfork,
19 Dec. 2025
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There’s a direct connection between their oppression and their humor, their ability to laugh.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 Jan. 2026
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Parashat Va’era reminds us that liberation is not only about escaping external oppression.—
Rabbi Bruce D. Forman,
Sun Sentinel,
13 Jan. 2026
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Haynes aims to use preaching, social justice activism and coalition building to craft legislative solutions for District 30, where many residents face poverty and despair.—
Gromer Jeffers Jr,
Dallas Morning News,
12 Jan. 2026
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Iranian currency has become less a medium of exchange than a daily index of national despair.—
Karim Sadjadpour,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026
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As 2025 ends, there’s still a lot of anger about what was revealed in the lawsuit, and some fans may very well carry that unhappiness with them until there are leadership changes at the executive level.—
Jeff Gluck,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2026
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Early trust-building efforts were hindered by our poor diplomatic handling of AUKUS, the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, and your unhappiness with the Inflation Reduction Act.—
Amanda Sloat,
Time,
2 Jan. 2026
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“Desolateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desolateness. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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