dismalness

Definition of dismalnessnext

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Noun
  • Soon enough, once a candidate has entered the race, boredom sets in and the speculation and desire for someone fresh and different starts anew.
    Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Here’s to boredom, to wrong turns, to fruitful friction.
    The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • His blue eyes always sparkled with a peculiar combination of intelligence, mischief, and ennui, exactly like Robin Williams.
    Danielle Parker, CBS News, 20 Jan. 2026
  • Super Pedestrian is loose and fun in an untight world — pop-rock banger after banger about the messiness of life in your early twenties, navigating situationships, and combatting post-pandemic ennui.
    Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 19 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • In the days leading up to his sentencing hearing, Harris penned a letter to Judge White, summarizing his life as a tale of obstacles overcome, traumatic experiences and regret.
    Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 12 Jan. 2026
  • In the shortest of the four videos, the suspect focuses on his regrets amid his intercontinental life.
    Michelle Krupa, CNN Money, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Enthusiasm aside, the tedium of those first few weeks was tough.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 4 Dec. 2025
  • So given the sheer tedium of her existence, that photograph is a really rare and special day for the Grainier family.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The four teen-agers—Cabey, Barry Allen, Troy Canty, and James Ramseur—came from the South Bronx at a time when the borough was still a national byword for immiseration and hopelessness.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The hopelessness and resignation had deepened.
    Russell Lemle, Mercury News, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • At the time, Luchin told ABC7 that financial desperation following the closure of his Walnut Creek restaurant, Ottavio, played a role in his actions.
    Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Then Jordan Love's desperation heave into the end zone from the Bears 28 was knocked down as time expired to secure Chicago's first playoff win since the 2010 season.
    Jeramie Bizzle, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Whichever way the Denver Broncos' season finishes -- if the coming weeks bring glory or despair -- the story of the end begins in a tiny corner of a hallway inside Empower Field.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Whichever way the Broncos’ 2025 season finishes — if the coming weeks bring glory or despair — the story of the end begins in a tiny corner of a hallway inside Empower Field.
    Luca Evans, Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2026
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“Dismalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismalness. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.

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