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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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Turner plays the middle brother with intriguing melancholy and an almost alien detachment, which works within the world this film creates, but not necessarily for a main character.—
David Opie,
IndieWire,
15 Feb. 2026 -
Fanning’s name was the first called when nominations were announced, signaling that Scandinavian melancholy would be notably absent that morning.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2026
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While often unrelenting in its bleakness, Biutiful is made effective by Bardem's subtly heartbreaking performance, which earned him an Oscar nomination.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 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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Valentine’s Day is like a sweet little respite from February dreariness.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
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Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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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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The world watched as the heavy favorite to triumph at the Milan Cortina Games sat through several agonizing minutes of dejection.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Feb. 2026
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But the main source of dejection was the incredible tour de force of executive power in which Trump’s White House was engaged.—
Rosa Lyster,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
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After nearly 80 years, hope for answers to the infamous 1947 Black Dahlia murder had faded into nothingness.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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Her personality has eroded into smooth, agreeable nothingness.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 Dec. 2025
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Entire Black communities were burned down as lynching became rampant, a form of oppression and intimidation that persisted for almost a century.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
18 Feb. 2026
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Jackson drew heated criticism for making a disparaging remark about New York's Jewish community and for his relationship with Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, who has said the Jewish community is to blame for Black oppression.—
Cheryl Corley,
NPR,
17 Feb. 2026
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That this administration can reasonably be viewed as a criminal enterprise should not be cause for despair.—
James Speyer,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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There are moments where the album’s tone skews leaden, where Shaw positions us right on the edge of despair.—
Linnie Greene,
Pitchfork,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Desolateness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/desolateness. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
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