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Recent Examples of melancholia
Suffering from a wan melancholia that sits strangely on so strapping a dude, Nick eventually confesses his break-up, which rather ruins the mood of laddish hi-jinks.
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
Its self-lacerating melancholia never dips into self-indulgence, instead digging into the shades of gray that define a person’s bleakest days.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
Plant Albarn in any scenic location and the local culture, economy, and ecology seep in, mixing with his penchant for classic English melancholia and cascading over intricate productions in which international sensibilities collide.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 July 2023
Almost a century later, the debates chronicled in Bruno Schulz, and even the book itself, feel somewhat neurotic—a perfect example of the melancholia that Freud described as mourning gone wrong.
—Adam Kirsch, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
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Jessica Kiang, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
Its self-lacerating melancholia never dips into self-indulgence, instead digging into the shades of gray that define a person’s bleakest days.
—Maura Johnston, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
Plant Albarn in any scenic location and the local culture, economy, and ecology seep in, mixing with his penchant for classic English melancholia and cascading over intricate productions in which international sensibilities collide.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 21 July 2023
Almost a century later, the debates chronicled in Bruno Schulz, and even the book itself, feel somewhat neurotic—a perfect example of the melancholia that Freud described as mourning gone wrong.
—Adam Kirsch, The New Republic, 6 Apr. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melancholia
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But Adams often located a layer of melancholy beneath her characters’ sunny surfaces, and those early performances had a depth that now makes her versatility seem obvious.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 6 Dec. 2024
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Nearly all of them from his late grandmother, who occasionally spoke with melancholy and pride about her older son, Jack.Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 6 Dec. 2024
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Needless to say, this particular motive is not mentioned in Biden’s solipsistic and self-pitying statement.Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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As a man estranged from his family who loses himself in his work, Law portrays Husk as someone easy to underestimate, seemingly adrift in a fog of booze and self-pity, yet driven by a professionalism who can nevertheless rise to the occasion when needed.Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Nov. 2024
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Just like that, an entire team’s optimism and energy turned into dejection and disbelief.Dan Wiederer, Chicago Tribune, 19 Nov. 2024
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The day after a high-stakes presidential election usually brings elation on one side and dejection for the other.Daniel Wine, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
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Hendrix went on to say the foundation shared in the sorrow of the child’s passing.Corina Vanek, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
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The topic, then, is sorrow, songs of sorrow, sounds of sorrow.Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Despite predictions of doom and gloom and the odd technology issue on the website, there is no doubt that the website still runs well.Adam Fayed, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Republicans, after years of doom and gloom, are feeling great about the economy again.Matt Egan, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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And the systematic torture and oppression from Assad’s regime has had a deep impact on groups like HTS.Laura Kelly, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
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The Brownsville, Brooklyn emcee takes Christianity to task, examining its use as a tool of trauma and oppression, especially against Black Americans.Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
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The local municipality has declared two days of mourning on Monday and Tuesday.Sharon Braithwaite and Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN, 9 Dec. 2024
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Each of our 10 resulting selections is a triumph of alchemy, deriving insight from fresh combinations of dismay and delight, tragedy and comedy, mourning and hope.The Atlantic, The Atlantic, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Melancholia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melancholia. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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