morosity

noun

Definition of morositynext
as in dismalness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for morosity
  1. boredom
  2. ennui
  3. tedium
  4. regret
  5. desperation
  6. despair
Noun
  • While listening to the record, something happened to me that had never happened with a Kanye West record: boredom.
    — Jayson Buford, Rolling Stone, 29 Mar. 2025
  • And tedium leads to boredom which can lead to distraction which can lead to accidents.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Definition of boredom
Noun
  • Turning ennui into engagement There are actions both bosses and employees can take to improve morale when work starts to feel boring and underwhelming.
    — Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Like his late father’s homing pigeons who keep returning to their shabby rooftop coop — a holding-pattern image that echoes the ennui of Terry Malloy on a very different waterfront — he’s imprisoned by the limits of his knowledge, the petrified loop of his experience.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
Definition of ennui
Noun
  • The tedium of dealing with, say, health insurance or car registration can be maddening.
    — Jaron Lanier, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
  • Gopnik recounts numerous spats between Barnes and his sometimes friends, entertaining episodes that leave the reader feeling a sense of tedium with a man who seems to work constantly against his own best interests.
    — Kelly Presutti, ARTnews.com, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of tedium
Noun
  • Cabrera previously detailed his regret and what spending time in prison did to change him to The Daily Mail.
    — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Now, however, King is determined to put that regret in the past.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Apr. 2025
Definition of regret
Noun
  • Their primary motivation for entering tentative talks over Gomez was desperation, due to their need to comply with the Premier League’s PSR by June 30.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
  • The White House has responded with a series of stunts — a live presidential endorsement on the South Lawn, the commerce secretary shilling for Tesla stock on Fox News, the FBI threatening vandals with terrorism charges — that all smack of desperation.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
Definition of desperation
Noun
  • Joe, a firefighter in real life, happily obliged but was no longer on the same tribe as Eva at her moment of despair.
    — Marc Berman, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
  • As the team left last weekend, there wasn’t a sense of despair.
    — Cameron Teague Robinson, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Definition of despair
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“Morosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/morosity. Accessed 12 Apr. 2025.

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