as in melancholy
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Recent Examples of melancholia
The cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich contended that the existence of mass festivals can be a tonic for grievous states of melancholia and widespread disenchantment.
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Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
In many ways, Landman is the chillest entry in the Sheridan-verse, which is typically packed with violence, melancholia, and dudely grouchiness.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
But these are broken songs, and the person singing them is in a state that fluctuates from euphoria to madness and melancholia.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
The cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich contended that the existence of mass festivals can be a tonic for grievous states of melancholia and widespread disenchantment.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
In many ways, Landman is the chillest entry in the Sheridan-verse, which is typically packed with violence, melancholia, and dudely grouchiness.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
But these are broken songs, and the person singing them is in a state that fluctuates from euphoria to madness and melancholia.
—Ernesto Lechner, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2024
The cultural historian Barbara Ehrenreich contended that the existence of mass festivals can be a tonic for grievous states of melancholia and widespread disenchantment.
—Barrett Swanson, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melancholia
Noun
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Labor Day is suffused with a certain melancholy at the end of summer and children are already back in school.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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That betrayal, like so many others, fed the melancholy in Brian's music.—
Philip Martin,
Arkansas Online,
15 June 2025
Noun
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Pixar has never hesitated to show childhood tumult before, or to explore the feelings that might lead someone to act out, but Elio’s combination of mourning and self-pity are a genuine challenge.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
17 June 2025
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Weinstein had a self-pitying and widely covered jailhouse conversation with right-wing commentator Candace Owens in March.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Despite his dejection, Adam Fox had reason for hope.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 June 2025
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Ferran is just as compelling when such vibrancy and vitality gives way to dejection and disharmony as her aspiring writing career grinds to a halt and her health starts to deteriorate.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
2 May 2025
Noun
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Not the murder, not the arrival of the addicted sister, but the removal of the boy that has been at the core of so much sorrow and betrayal between the sisters.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
20 June 2025
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That haunting blend of sorrow and defiance shaped us.—
Nazanin Boniadi,
Time,
17 June 2025
Noun
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Adding to the gloom in Tokyo is the uncertainty of U.S. tariff policy toward China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), where Japanese firms are also heavily invested.—
Robert Ward,
NPR,
27 May 2025
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Consumers are hunting for cheaper vacations — and road trips are one way people are keeping travel plans despite economic gloom.—
Amina Kilpatrick,
NBC news,
26 May 2025
Noun
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With wit and cunning, the protagonists navigate the ever-present systems of oppression that encircle them and their relationships.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 June 2025
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Powerful forces of oppression are of course still at play.—
Christopher Knight,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2025
Noun
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Filatov declared Wednesday to be an official day of mourning.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
25 June 2025
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Muharram, a sacred month of mourning for Shia Muslims, is believed to be around the corner.—
Chelsea Chan,
NBC news,
24 June 2025
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“Melancholia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melancholia. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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