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Adjective
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To some, this may sound bizarre, laughable, or even just plain sad.—
Melissa Fleur Afshar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 June 2025 -
Banks: There’s a reason why the theater [symbol] is a happy face/sad face.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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While examples abound, the state’s woebegone bullet train project, its tortuous efforts to implement information technology and the financial and managerial meltdown of its unemployment insurance program are among the most egregious.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
26 Apr. 2025
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Sunday, the Sox, who are now an impossibly bad 31-100, locked up the sixth triple-digit-loss season in their woebegone history with a 9-4 defeat at the hands of the Detroit Tigers.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
25 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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But on Tuesday, the Royals found a way to pick up their crestfallen teammate in a 10-7 victory.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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The Catalans went into the latest addition of the world’s biggest derby crestfallen after Tuesday’s painful Champions League semifinal second leg exit to Inter Milan.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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Amtrak is forlorn that its Heartland Flyer service between Oklahoma City and Fort Worth will not be able to continue unless the Texas Department of Transportation forks over more money.—
Dominic Pino,
National Review,
12 June 2025
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Baker worked at the Bee for two years in college, escorting forlorn children to the crying room.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 May 2025
Adjective
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Returning to work and dealing with strict COVID-19 protocols, inflation and supply-chain issues, crews could be glum.—
Steve Knopper,
Billboard,
9 June 2025
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The brood includes an addled patriarch who often forgets to wear pants, an observant matriarch and, best of all, a glum but handsome son (Charlie Anson).—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
Adjective
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After the Panthers lost Game 1 in overtime, Glassman says the mood was gloomy the next morning at the pickleball courts at George English Park.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 June 2025
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Ukrainians in Kyiv welcomed the strikes on Russian air bases but were gloomy about prospects for a peace agreement.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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As Wilshere and his players greeted the Norwich fans, across the Riverside pitch, Michael Carrick and his Middlesbrough squad were conducting a disconsolate lap of appreciation in a largely emptied stadium.—
Michael Walker,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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After noticing disconsolate tourists wandering the perimeter, Taskinen proposed installing a café on the ground floor and restoring the building’s four spacious apartments into modest but comfortable rooms filled with Artek furniture.—
Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Malec does not have to worry about Bauer getting too excited when everything is going right or Bauer becoming despondent in tough times.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
29 May 2025
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Come day’s end, less than 48 hours removed from that Friday 64, following a week of extremes, Homa stood despondent, sounding like a man ready to walk away from it all.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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“Triste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/triste. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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