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Noun
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More successful is the overall atmosphere of the workers’ camp and farm, conveying a sense of oppression even without visible fencing.—
Jay Weissberg,
Variety,
19 May 2026 -
Because he's lumped this affair into the oppression of the people bucket, and Miss Fauset handles these kinds of things for Papa.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
18 May 2026
Noun
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But to attribute female unhappiness to feminism seems wildly ahistorical.—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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Even so, prices are rising much more quickly than normal at a time when economic unhappiness has become a fixture of the political landscape.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
Noun
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While the actors are committed, poignant and warm, their upbeat tone doesn’t always blend well with the melancholy of the picture.—
Tomris Laffly,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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These flashes of melancholy or yearning give the record complexity and depth, as well as stopping it from devolving into wackiness.—
Alastair Shuttleworth,
Pitchfork,
2 May 2026
Noun
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The parallels between Ines’ dilemma and that of a nation being asked to lick its wounds in silence — in the name of moving on from past miseries — are present but elusive.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
14 May 2026
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There are fun bad teams, or teams that at least make a unique bonding experience out of their specific type of misery.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Condal also saw what was happening and felt despair.—
Kate Aurthur,
Variety,
20 May 2026
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Farmers in despair Without insurance, Kongphan, an immigrant from Thailand, has been trying to obtain government aid and figure out how to level earth moved by the floodwaters.—
Jennifer Sinco Kelleher,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The spiritual experience helped her process a traumatic history rooted in death and suffering.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 May 2026
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And out of that suffering comes spiritual growth.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Valentine’s Day is like a sweet little respite from February dreariness.—
Rebecca Norris,
InStyle,
7 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The air of dejection spreads to the boardroom.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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Channeling ’90s slowcore and post-rock into gorgeously brooding odes to dejection, the Chicago quartet’s debut is downer music at its most alluring.—
Joshua Minsoo Kim,
Pitchfork,
13 Apr. 2026
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“Woefulness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/woefulness. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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