dreariness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dreariness
Noun
  • This projection was so oft repeated in the media that many Americans, especially Democrats, believed a depression was imminent.
    E.J. Antoni, Boston Herald, 13 July 2025
  • Later that day, Barry made landfall near the city of Tampico, on Mexico’s east coast, and weakened to a tropical depression.
    Elizabeth Kolbert, New Yorker, 12 July 2025
Noun
  • Advertisement The answering note to its prevailing ironic treatment of Sir Walter is of course the melancholy and hint of regret that suffuse much of the novel’s tone.
    Brandon Taylor, Time, 17 July 2025
  • Over a balmy, slowly dissipating summer, nothing really pushes or pulls our aimless hero in either direction, and in this state of happy stagnation, melancholy becomes a comfort blanket.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 July 2025
Noun
  • But there shouldn’t be too much doom and gloom around Madrid.
    Dermot Corrigan, New York Times, 11 July 2025
  • That’s even lower than the early pandemic period that was filled with layoffs, uncertainty, and general doom and gloom.
    Rebecca Fraser-Thill, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
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“Dreariness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dreariness. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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