woefulness

noun

Definition of woefulnessnext
as in oppression

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  1. oppression
  2. unhappiness
  3. melancholy
  4. misery
  5. despair
  6. suffering
  7. dreariness
  8. dejection
Noun
  • One of her favorite songs was about trans identity and oppression.
    — Kayla Hayempour, NBC news, 19 July 2026
  • The Oscar nominee stars as Wat Tyler, an ordinary peasant who steps up to lead an extraordinary fight against King Richard II after crushing taxes and political oppression push the country’s working class to a breaking point.
    — Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
Definition of oppression
Noun
  • Dee is one of hundreds of United fans who have had similar emails from United, and many are expressing unhappiness about them.
    — Andy Mitten, New York Times, 22 July 2026
  • Ironically, Harris’ candor about his unhappiness with the role is exactly the sort of blunt commentary Sheridan himself makes about his Hollywood experiences.
    — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026
Definition of unhappiness
Noun
  • Beneath all the sensuality and beauty, there’s also a lingering melancholy that feels very familiar to me.
    — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 16 June 2026
  • Don Hertzfeldt occasionally comes to mind for a similarly pervasive mood of questioning, philosophical melancholy.
    — Jessica Kiang, Variety, 12 June 2026
Definition of melancholy
Noun
  • Little overnight relief Exacerbating the misery will be the lack of cooling temperatures overnight.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
  • Smith Galer has much to say against the case for putting languages out of their misery, but her focus is on a point with which even the most unsentimental can surely sympathize.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
Definition of misery
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
  • Football is not the only sport where suffering has become a rite of passage for success.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 19 July 2026
  • But suffering – and the resilience that comes from working through it – are part of Argentine culture.
    — Caitlin Stephen Hu, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Definition of suffering
Noun
  • Jonestown afflicted Naipaul’s vision, his way of deciphering not just political manias but the dreariness of urban life, the perpetual doom of the nuclear-arms race.
    — Hua Hsu, New Yorker, 14 July 2026
  • Days shorten, shadows lengthen, and the cold and dreariness of winter return.
    — Thomas A. DuBois, The Conversation, 17 June 2026
Definition of dreariness
Noun
  • This has been one of Norway’s great months and reaching the end of the line was as much cause for pride as dejection across the capital.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 12 July 2026
  • Four years later, there’s not a hint of complacency or dejection in France.
    — Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 4 July 2026
Definition of dejection
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