WOEFULNESS Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

woefulness

noun

Definition of woefulness

as in oppression

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Noun

Its fearless pursuit of the truth endured decades of oppression in Vladimir Putin’s Russia and even the deaths of six staffers.

— Alexander Smith, NBC news, 10 Nov. 2026
Adapting Su Tong’s 1990 novel Wives and Concubines, Zhang took a stark tale of female oppression and turned it into a haunting sonata of color, light, composition, mood, and sound, without diluting its slow-burn savagery.

— Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of oppression

Noun

The exit polls, which also indicated a drop in support for ultra-Orthodox parties, signaled voter unhappiness over these exemptions.

— Giovanna Dell'Orto, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
With these blue collar parents’ grade-school-age son a tangibly quiet presence, a seemingly impassable unhappiness oozes from the opening scenes.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of unhappiness

Noun

The vestiges of his fading memory flash by with a haunting plainness, the melancholy of all this Americana and the sadness of a mind ravaged by time strike the viewer plainly at the end of this maximalist piece of life-writing.

— Stephanie Wambugu, Vulture, 12 Oct. 2026
The question for me is whether or not Lloyd will also manage to capture the melancholy of a deceptively serious play, notwithstanding its reputation.

— Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of melancholy

Noun

What really sets Black Doves apart, though, are its lovable characters and its beguiling mix of laughs and tears, which flirt with existential despair without ever fully tipping into it.

— Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2026
The throngs of freedmen and women only compounded white Georgians’ despair.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of despair

Noun

Beauty shows that suffering is not the whole of reality and offers true consolation.

— Stephen Doran, STAT, 5 Nov. 2026
Cut off from its Venezuelan lifeline and without electricity for all but a few hours a day, the economic hardships and human suffering in Cuba have dramatically worsened in recent months.

— Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 4 Nov. 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

In the space of a few paragraphs, Ned will abandon and recover his child, bungle an extramarital affair, win and lose, experience ecstasy and dejection.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Miller’s hands dropped quickly to his side in frustrated dejection.

— Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of dejection

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