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Apathy is a lack of interest or unenthusiastic involvement in an activity; there is no effort to change or improve it at all.
When you have ardor for something, you have an intense feeling of love, excitement, and admiration for it.
The adjective blithe indicates that someone does something casually or in a carefree fashion without much concern for the end result; as a result, they are happy and lighthearted.
Someone in a buoyant mood is in good spirits.
If you are despondent, you are extremely unhappy because you are in an unpleasant situation that you do not think will improve.
Someone does something in a disinterested way when they have no personal involvement or attachment to the action.
Weather that is dreary tends to be depressing and gloomy; a situation or person that is dreary tends to be boring or uninteresting.
Someone who is ebullient is filled with enthusiasm, very happy, and extremely excited about something.
An effervescent individual is lively, very happy, and enthusiastic.
If something enthralls you, it makes you so interested and excited that you give it all your attention.
If you show exuberance, you display great excitement, energy, and enthusiasm.
Something humdrum is dull, boring, or tiresome.
If someone is indefatigable, they never show signs of getting tired.
Someone who is jaded is bored with or weary of the world because they have had too much experience with it.
If you do something in a lackadaisical way, you do it carelessly and without putting much effort into it—thereby showing that you are not really interested in what you’re doing.
A languid person is slow, relaxed, and shows little energy or interest in doing anything.
Lassitude is a state of tiredness, lack of energy, and having little interest in what’s going on around you.
If you are lethargic, you are tired, lack energy, and are unwilling to exert effort.
When you are listless, you lack energy and interest and are unwilling to exert any effort.
Malaise is a feeling of discontent, general unease, or even illness in a person or group for which there does not seem to be a quick and easy solution because the cause of it is not clear.
A monotonous activity is so repetitious that it quickly becomes boring and dull.
Something that is mundane is very ordinary and not interesting or exciting, especially because it happens very often.
If you have a penchant for some activity, you have a strong fondness for it and thus find it enjoyable.
Someone who is phlegmatic stays calm and unemotional even in dangerous or exciting situations.
If you are suffering from tedium, you are bored.
If your body is affected by torpor, you are severely lacking in energy; therefore, you are idle—and can even be numb.
A vibrant person is lively and full of energy in a way that is exciting and attractive.
If someone is described as vivacious, they are lively and have a happy, lighthearted manner.
Someone who is zealous spends a lot of time, energy, and effort to support something— notably that of a political or religious nature—because they believe in it very strongly.
Noun
ennui
AHN-wee
Context
Highly repetitive tasks such as filing papers for hours on end can often cause boredom and ennui to set in, causing physical and mental fatigue. Many students feel an unbearable ennui during long boring class lectures or when waiting in long lines with nothing to do. To avoid ennui, you may want to take a book along to read when you know you’ll have a long wait with a lack of interesting things to do.
Quiz:Try again!
Which of the following philosophers is warning against ennui?
“Haste in every business brings failures.”—Herodotus
“Boredom is the root of all evil.”—Soren Kierkegaard
“False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.”—Socrates
Perennial Oui "Why do you always say "oui"? Why not say "yes"? You don't speak French! In fact, the only French word you know is "oui"! I think you say "oui" to make people think you know French! You perennially say "oui" every single stupid year ... why not switch languages, say, to Spanish? Why afflict me with your boring, perennial "oui," causing a great deal of ennui for me?"
Examples
But as the weeks morphed into months with no clear end in sight for much of the country, the ennui of Covid-induced isolation can undermine enthusiasm for such mundane activities, however rewarding they may have seemed at first.
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The New York Times
Leafing through the Daily Snooze while flying out of Washington Dullest en route to Bora Bora, it occurred to me—rhymes with ennui—that life, by at least one measure, has never been more boring.
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Sports Illustrated
All of the villas have access to the beach, where personal attendants set up umbrellas and serve sorbets and other delights to ward off the ennui that can accompany a tiring day in the sun.
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Los Angeles Times
Word Ingredients
From word roots meaning “in hatred.” The force of ennui has been considerably toned down over the centuries; one certainly, however, still does not “love” a situation filled with “ennui.”
