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Its self-lacerating melancholia never dips into self-indulgence, instead digging into the shades of gray that define a person’s bleakest days.
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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
Cai, a correspondent for Vanity Fair, accomplishes this in part through the vacillating tone of Audrey’s narration, which swings wildly between hypervigilant repulsion — toward both the rural and the Chinese American aspects of her past — and self-sabotaging melancholia.
—Jenny Wu, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
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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
Cai, a correspondent for Vanity Fair, accomplishes this in part through the vacillating tone of Audrey’s narration, which swings wildly between hypervigilant repulsion — toward both the rural and the Chinese American aspects of her past — and self-sabotaging melancholia.
—Jenny Wu, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melancholia
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At 78, Ferry reigns as the elder statesman of rock-star romantics, the king of elegant melancholy.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2024
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Of course, that album was just the beginning, and Vernon’s music got a lot bigger and more elaborate over the following years, while retaining the melancholy at its core.Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024
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Robert is too wrapped up in self-pity and bitterness.Ben Travers, IndieWire, 25 Oct. 2024
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Coldplay, once skewered by critics for being too plaintive and self-pitying, was now broadcasting the opposite message: everything is magic.Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024
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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
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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
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There’s a lot of longing, there’s a lot of sorrow in the book.James Factora, Them, 1 Nov. 2024
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While drinking his sorrows in a bar, Ish is joined by two fellow survivors, a woman and a man.Escher Walcott, People.com, 28 Oct. 2024
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And the evening wasn’t all doom and gloom for the Wilson family.Andy Swift, TVLine, 24 Oct. 2024
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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
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Enslaved people fought daily against this system of oppression.Ana Lucia Araujo / Made by History, TIME, 4 Nov. 2024
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This is the Chinese Communist Party's playbook for political oppression.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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His sudden, tragic passing left thousands around the globe in mourning.Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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The photo depicts her in black mourning clothes, with a widow’s veil.Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
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“Melancholia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melancholia. Accessed 9 Nov. 2024.
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