dejectedness

noun

Definition of dejectednessnext
as in sadness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dejectedness
  1. oppression
  2. sorrow
  3. dejection
  4. melancholy
  5. distress
  6. gloom
Noun
  • Cera will play a naïve rebel who tries to help the desperate man, while Jones is playing a privileged woman blind to the oppression of the government.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Additionally, a 2022 study published in Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders found that masking is tied to the social oppression of autistic people.
    Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Definition of oppression
Noun
  • Johnny Rockets Drown any potential sorrows in a free milkshake with an in-store purchase.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Many of those recollections contain notes of sorrow.
    Lisa Kennedy, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
Definition of sorrow
Noun
  • Through June 2019, Zoe’s Kitchen was still rapidly deteriorating, and its financial losses and worker dejection were taking a toll on Cava.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2024
  • Watson missed out on an additional $40,000 in the bonus round, prompting him to moan in dejection.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 10 Sep. 2024
Definition of dejection
Noun
  • To say more about the plot would spoil the film too much, but Ryder is really a chameleon, flickering between quiet melancholy, genuine affection, and darker, more selfish concerns, and the rotoscoping art style accentuates the expressiveness of her face.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2024
  • At 78, Ferry reigns as the elder statesman of rock-star romantics, the king of elegant melancholy.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of melancholy
Noun
  • While climate denial allows people to protect themselves from feelings of distress, terror management theory suggests that denying death is just the tip of the iceberg.
    Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 8 Nov. 2024
  • Twigs’s success over the years has been used as a tactic by LaBeouf’s legal team to undermine her accusation of emotional distress.
    Arimeta Diop, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
Definition of distress
Noun
  • And the evening wasn’t all doom and gloom for the Wilson family.
    Andy Swift, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
  • After two years of doom and gloom, digital health deals are showing signs of life, with venture capital firms making more focused bets and interest rate cuts rekindling some of the COVID-era optimism around the sector.
    Tina Reed, Axios, 22 Oct. 2024
Definition of gloom
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