тоска́

uncommon #5673C1

nounfeminineinanimateuncountable

1.
melancholy, anguish, depression, grief
На душе тоска́ и пустота́.
There is only melancholy and emptiness in my heart.
Often of a vague, heavy sadness with no clear cause.
2.
longing, yearning
Его му́чила тоска́ по до́му.
He was tormented by homesickness.
With по + dative: тоска по дому 'homesickness'.
3.
boredom, ennui, weariness
От э́тих ле́кций одна́ тоска́.
These lectures are nothing but boredom.
Colloquially тоска! means 'how boring!'

Usage info

тоска́ по ро́дине: homesickness

Шум, вгонявший меня в тоску, продолжался всю ночь.
The noise that was filling me with melancholy continued all night.
Он страдал неисцелимой тоской по родине.
He suffered from an incurable longing for his homeland.
Она умела перемогать тоску работой.
She knew how to overcome her melancholy through work.
Мы огля́дываемся на про́шлое если не с чу́вством привя́занности, то в любо́м слу́чае с каким-то подо́бием тоски́.
We look back on days gone by, if not always with affections, at any rate with a kind of wistfulness.
В его глазах читалась неизбывность старой тоски.
The endlessness of his old yearning was visible in his eyes.
Тоска, выедавшая душу, не давала ему покоя.
The anguish gnawing at his soul gave him no peace.
Раздиравшая её тоска не давала спать.
The anguish tearing her apart kept her from sleeping.
Тоска снедает её после разлуки.
She is consumed by longing after the separation.

This noun exists in singular form only.