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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boredom |
| Synonyms: | apathy, blahs, blues, dejection, depression, dissatisfaction, doldrums, dumps, fatigue, ho hums, lack of interest, languidness, languor, lassitude, listlessness, melancholy, sadness, satiety, spiritlessness, surfeit, tedium, weariness, yawn |
| Antonyms: | energy, enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness, vigor |
wi| Main Entry: | depression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | low spirits; despair |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abjection, abjectness, blahs, bleakness, blue funk, bummer, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, desperation, despondency, disconsolation, discouragement, dispiritedness, distress, dole, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dullness, dumps, ennui, gloom, gloominess, heaviness of heart, heavyheartedness, hopelessness, lowness, lugubriosity, melancholia, melancholy, misery, mortification, qualm, sadness, sorrow, the blues, trouble, unhappiness, vapors, woefulness, worry |
| Antonyms: | cheerfulness, encouragement, happiness, hope, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | dissatisfaction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | discontent, unhappiness |
| Synonyms: | annoyance, anxiety, aversion, boredom, chagrin, complaint, desolation, disapproval, discomfort, discouragement, disfavor, disgruntlement, disinclination, dislike, disliking, dismay, displeasure, disquiet, disrelish, distaste, distress, ennui, envy, exasperation, fretfulness, frustration, heartburn, hopelessness, indisposition, irritation, jealousy, lamentation, malcontent, malcontentment, oppression, querulousness, regret, resentment, trouble, uneasiness, weariness, worry |
| Antonyms: | contentment, happiness, pleasure, satisfaction |
Example Sentences
- Sometimes a change of scene isn't enough to ease urban ennui.
- And nothing kills ennui dead better than the Pixies.
- There is anger in some quarters, ennui in others.
| Main Entry: | doldrums |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression |
| Synonyms: | apathy, black mood, blahs, blue funk, blues, boredom, bummer, dejection, disinterest, dismals, downer, dullness, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, inactivity, indifference, inertia, lassitude, letdown, listlessness, malaise, mopes, slump, stagnation, stupor, tedium, torpor, yawn |
| Antonyms: | elation, gladness, glee, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | fatigue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tiredness |
| Synonyms: | brain fag, burnout, debility, dullness, enervation, ennui, exhaustion, faintness, fatigation, feebleness, heaviness, languor, lassitude, lethargy, listlessness, overtiredness, weakness, weariness |
| Antonyms: | energy, freshness, liveliness, spirit, vigor |
| Main Entry: | melancholy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression, sadness |
| Synonyms: | blahs, blue devils, blue funk, blues, boredom, bummer, dejection, despair, desperation, despondency, dismals, dolefuls, dolor, down trip, downer, dumps, ennui, funk, gloom, gloominess, grief, letdown, low spirits, miserableness, misery, mopes, mournfulness, pensiveness, sorrow, tedium, unhappiness, wistfulness, woe, wretchedness |
| Antonyms: | cheer, happiness, joy |
| Main Entry: | monotony |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boredom; sameness |
| Synonyms: | colorlessness, continuance, continuity, dreariness, dryness, dullness, ennui, equability, evenness, flatness, humdrum*, identicalness, invariability, levelness, likeness, monotone, monotonousness, oneness, repetitiousness, repetitiveness, routine, same old thing, similarity, tediousness, tedium, tiresomeness, unchangeableness, uniformity, wearisomeness |
| Antonyms: | change, color, excitement, liveliness, variability, versatility |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tedium |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dullness, monotony |
| Synonyms: | banality, boredom, deadness, doldrums, drabness, dreariness, ennui, irksomeness, lack of interest, lifelessness, routine, sameness, tediousness, tiresomeness, wearisomeness, yawn |
| Antonyms: | diversion, entertainment, excitement |
| Main Entry: | tire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | exhaust, weary |
| Synonyms: | annoy, bore, burn out, bush, collapse, crawl, debilitate, deject, depress, disgust, dishearten, dispirit, displease, distress, drain, droop, drop, enervate, ennui, exasperate, fag, fail, faint, fatigue, flag, fold, give out, go stale, grow weary, harass, irk, irritate, jade, nauseate, overburden, overstrain, overtax, overwork, pain, pall, peter out, poop out, prostrate, put to sleep, sap, sicken, sink, strain, tax, vex, weaken, wear, wear down, wear out, wilt, worry, yawn |
| Antonyms: | activate, energize, fire up, invigorate, refresh |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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