dismalness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dismalness
Noun
  • As seen only in the episodes, the major arcs of this season of Love Island have been tedious to the point of boredom.
    Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 July 2025
  • This can stem from boredom or a desire for stimulation, or even a territorial instinct to protect the dog's territory against intruders.
    Maria Morava, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • In the comics, the character was a soulful alien with a totally rad interstellar surfboard and a lot of existential ennui.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 22 July 2025
  • The film, which premiered at Venice last year and is being released by Factory 25, is composed of vignettes that thematically build upon one another to conjure the distinctive lyricism of coastal ennui and the increasingly familiar dread of climate fatalism.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2025
Noun
  • Filled with grief, shame and regret after being confronted, Shalla-Bal flies off into space, leaving Earth.
    Keith Langston, People.com, 25 July 2025
  • Something Beautiful is an album of soaring regret and fantasy, a pivot into the themes of late youth.
    Armin Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • One of the lenses through which tech leaders view their plans for success should be balancing talent and tedium.
    Agur Jõgi, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • The energy of dance, the rhythmic movements, and the respite from the noise and tedium of life, feed my soul.
    Austin American Statesman, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Noun
  • But the obvious calculation behind this move illustrated the desperation of so many anonymous black showbiz performers (such as those who were paid to promote the Kamala Harris campaign) who eagerly demonstrate an unshakeable loyalty to the post-FDR legacy of Democratic Party devotion.
    Armond White, National Review, 25 July 2025
  • Advertisement Still, that so many Democrats spent the weekend obsessing over a relatively unknown figure in Austin, who represents about 200,000 people in a deep-blue district, shows the extent of their desperation.
    Philip Elliott, Time, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • Joe’s despair reminded me of a conversation my colleague Charlie Warzel had with the writer and technology theorist L. M. Sacasas in 2022.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 18 July 2025
  • Is the internet’s place in human history cemented as a harbinger of despair?
    Aarushi Bhandari, The Conversation, 14 July 2025
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“Dismalness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dismalness. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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