moroseness

noun

Definition of morosenessnext
as in ennui

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  1. ennui
  2. boredom
  3. tedium
  4. hopelessness
  5. despair
  6. desperation
Noun
  • My audience would laugh one instant, and then with the alchemical dark arts of my verbal prowess, they’d be volta’d into grief and ennui with breakneck speed.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 July 2026
  • Before there was The Office—British or American—there was Office Space, Mike Judge’s razor-sharp satire of middle-American corporate ennui.
    — Air Mail, Air Mail, 4 July 2026
Definition of ennui
Noun
  • Rich might have been afraid of putting too much explanatory weight on a writer’s existential boredom (or horniness).
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 July 2026
  • The discomfort of boredom often becomes the spark for curiosity, creativity, independence and discovering lifelong interests.
    — Chicago Tribune, Twin Cities, 16 July 2026
Definition of boredom
Noun
  • The tedium of the task was how the apprentice became the master.
    — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • The late John Sterling, in his inimitable style, remarks on the tedium of watching Pedro Baez verrrryyy slowwwlyyy do his job.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 July 2026
Definition of tedium
Noun
  • The physical and mental toll was rough—countless tests and scans, monthly (or more frequent) ER visits for severe flares, mental breakdowns, anxiety, fear, panic, depression, insecurity, doubt, and hopelessness.
    — Shannon Dingey, Health, 1 July 2026
  • But where some might see hopelessness, Ortiz sees an opportunity for connection.
    — Joy Resmovits for The Trace, CBS News, 23 June 2026
Definition of hopelessness
Noun
  • That sense of despair could be because the album captured the band in a state of crisis.
    — Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 19 July 2026
  • Rayan Cherki captured the sense of shock and despair among the France players on a day when their World Cup dream died, in a 2-0 defeat to Spain that was as emphatic as the scoreline suggests.
    — Stuart James, New York Times, 18 July 2026
Definition of despair
Noun
  • Anna Marian Block, a spokesperson for the Republican Governors Association, said Moore’s trip was a sign of desperation for Georgia Democrats, not strength.
    — Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 15 July 2026
  • Morocco’s quality and desperation ultimately proved the difference as Saibari scored for the third group game running before Soufiane Rahimi’s second-half cameo got them the win.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 11 July 2026
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