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Noun
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The new WalletHub survey finds growing ennui among bank customers.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA TODAY,
22 Jan. 2025 -
The film, despite grossing just under $5 million in the U.S. against a $9 million budget, later became of a cult classic that was synonymous with the melancholic realization that teenage longing and ennui can extend into adulthood.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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When deprived of exercise, a varied environment, and the social opportunities that the wild provides, elephants suffer from chronic frustration, boredom, and stress, resulting over time in physical disabilities, psychological disorders, and, often, brain damage.—
TJ Hutchinson,
The Denver Post,
28 Jan. 2025
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Despite being one of the most popular smartphone makers in the world, much of the internet responded to the Samsung Galaxy S25 range with feelings somewhere between boredom and unhappiness.—
Callum Booth,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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The star, who initially waved off the idea of a second season of the comic book series, has softened in recent months, and a few awards should ease the tedium of hours spent in the makeup chair.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
7 Jan. 2025
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Molnar captures the isolation, despair and mind-breaking tedium of early motherhood with scrupulous precision.—
Irina Dumitrescu,
The Dial,
27 Nov. 2024
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Amid the despair and without information on her daughter’s whereabouts, Julia finds support and strength in other women whose lives also have been upended by the violence.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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There will be those moments when the buoyancy of hope will be transformed into the fatigue of despair.—
Lydia Price,
People.com,
20 Jan. 2025
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Organized theft is no petty crime; these are not one-off crimes of desperation or a mom lifting a can of formula to feed her baby.—
Cailey Locklair,
Baltimore Sun,
27 Jan. 2025
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That’s a Shawn Ryan [decision in the writing], and then my job is to act out that turmoil and choreograph the desperation and brutality.—
Max Gao,
The Hollywood Reporter,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Moroseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moroseness. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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