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Recent Examples of melancholia
All of this ensures that sonically, the series taps into a wider sad-girl musical universe that is characterized by the same themes and feelings as the show: longing, heartache, and seductive melancholia.
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Olivia Petter,
Vogue,
2 Sep. 2025
Their melancholia was the uncertainty inherent in a time of enormous change.
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Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Her husband apparently suffers from melancholia and has been confined to an asylum for many years, so don’t expect a Save the Date to land in your mailbox anytime soon.
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Andy Swift,
TVLine,
13 July 2025
Trousdale’s songs adroitly address female empowerment, loss, heartbreak, anxiety, mental health and other subjects while striking a winning balance between melancholia and buoyancy.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Olivia Petter,
Vogue,
2 Sep. 2025
Their melancholia was the uncertainty inherent in a time of enormous change.
—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Her husband apparently suffers from melancholia and has been confined to an asylum for many years, so don’t expect a Save the Date to land in your mailbox anytime soon.
—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
13 July 2025
Trousdale’s songs adroitly address female empowerment, loss, heartbreak, anxiety, mental health and other subjects while striking a winning balance between melancholia and buoyancy.
—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melancholia
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Beneath all the sensuality and beauty, there’s also a lingering melancholy that feels very familiar to me.
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Early Years Eichenberg recounted his childhood with some melancholy.
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Fear, joy, surprise, sadness, excitement.
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Exceeding expectations As a trip set mainly in concentration camps, sadness is often the top expectation.
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Florida fans aren't dumb, and have once again called their former coach out on the latest stop of his self-pity tour.
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Successive setbacks have predisposed Hungarians to pessimism, even self-pity.
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The tale dates to 1957, inspired in part by Seuss (aka Theodore Geisel)’s own unhappiness over the increasing commercialization of Christmas.
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From this follow both the political dimension and a certain form of ignorance as to the source of so much unhappiness—and not only on the family front.
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Power Ballad should be breezy and fun, with that twist of mournfulness that Carney is always so adept at pulling off.
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Colors are accurate and saturated, doing justice to the bright vibrance of Frieren on Crunchyroll on my iPad Air and the dark gloominess of Ball x Pit on my Switch 2 via an adapter.
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His gloominess seemed to make no sense.
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But Floyd carries himself with a certain dejection, and the belly helped.
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The dejection briefly abated when people standing along the metal doors of the theater heard muffled cheers when the taping began, bringing a few smiles to the gathering.
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Parting is such sweet sorrow, but these guys aren’t going gently into the night just yet.
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These silences, heavy with sorrow, then adorn the beloved like precious jewels, conveying the idea that only a profound grief can beget such beauty.
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“Melancholia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melancholia. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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