as in sadness
a state or spell of low spirits
her obvious glumness told us that she hadn't gotten the job
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Noun
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There’s not even a sadness or an anger.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
1 Oct. 2025 -
When his dog, Grace, died the year before, at the age of sixteen and a half, the sadness was overwhelming.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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If conditions are right, the clusters swirl into a storm known as a tropical wave or tropical depression.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
28 Sep. 2025
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The depression trudged along at 2 mph with 35-mph winds, center officials said.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But even here, the ache of the lovers’ separation registers with only a muffled sense of melancholy.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
11 Sep. 2025
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Some gags land, others don’t, and the script’s sudden bursts of melancholy dependably catch you in the gut.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Glumness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glumness. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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