as in moroseness
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Noun
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Seesawing stock prices fuel their ennui.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025 -
Among the notable new names set to walk the halls of the ennui-addled series are Natasha Lyonne, Eli Roth, YouTube icon Trisha Paytas, True Blood star Sam Trammell, and Till luminary Danielle Deadwyler.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Oct. 2025
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Recently married to a promising academic yet already a frustrated wife, prone to boredom and depression?—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
29 Oct. 2025
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Hunting the lockdown phase of the rut means hour upon hour of boredom interrupted by moments of pure chaos.—
Will Brantley,
Outdoor Life,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Game 3 of the World Series was a stone-cold thriller, with peaks of high drama and longueurs of exquisitely tense tedium.—
Steve Rushin,
The Atlantic,
2 Nov. 2025
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The resort’s Western hospitality is legendary, saving guests the hassle of planning and the tedium of ski lift lines.—
Suzanne Wright,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The experience, Lee has said, left him with lasting regrets.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
2 Nov. 2025
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Another actor might play a moment of regret after uttering this, but Metcalf, as directed by Joe Mantello, is all momentum, in conversation and otherwise.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
31 Oct. 2025
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The 1986 film also included accounts by former conscripts who had been forced to participate in the Russian occupation of Afghanistan, making clear the hopelessness and brutality of the war, starkly contrasting with the Kremlin’s version of a war of progress and purpose.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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In a world fraught with real-life villains, political upheaval and a collective sense of hopelessness, fantasy steps in to inspire people to carry on, and that rings especially true for LGBTQ+ teens.—
Brittany Johnson,
PEOPLE,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Morbidness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morbidness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2025.
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