| 词汇 | thesaurus_articles_state-of-being-unhappy-and-uninterested |
| 释义 | the state of being unhappy and uninterestedThese words all refer to a state of being uninterested in the things around you. The most common word for this is boredom. Boredom is usually used to describe a temporary feeling that comes from a specific activity or state. There's nothing to do at the cabin - I might die of boredom. If you feel bored for a long time, especially because a place, event, or situation doesn't change quickly enough, you can describe that situation as tedium. If something, such as a process or situation, is boring because it is complicated or takes a very long time, you can describe that situation and the feeling of being bored that comes from it as tediousness. Filming a televison show involves a fair bit of waiting and tedium behind the scenes. I think a good book makes the tedium of being ill in bed bearable. I can't imagine the tediousness of cataloguing every single piece of writing in the archive. The tediousness of the plot means the film feels twice as long as it actually is. Weariness can be used to describe the state of feeling very bored because you have experienced too much of something and don't want to experience it anymore. She listened to his complaining with a growing sense of weariness. They are worn down by the weariness of a thousand small inconveniences. A feeling of being bored and mentally tired because there is nothing interesting to do is called ennui. Ennui often appears in literary contexts. His latest book was about suburban ennui and the middle-aged desire for something new. If something is boring and it makes you feel unhappy, you can call that quality dreariness. Dreariness is similar to ennui, but emphasizes sadness instead of being tired. Dreariness is also a disapproving word. She wanted to go to the big city and escape the dreariness of her rural, small-town life. Dullness and monotony describe things or situations that make you feel bored because they are the same and so are not exciting or interesting. No one enjoys the dullness of household chores, but they must be done. The day in, day out monotony of the work week was really getting to her. Drabness is a disapproving word that describes the quality of being visually boring or uninteresting. The drabness of her evening gown was an unfortunate distraction from her beautiful jewellery. In formal language, a book, film, speech, etc. that is boring because it is too long and too serious has turgidity. In more literary language, the boring parts of a book, film, speech, etc., are called longueurs. Longueur is most often used in the plural. The article was an exercise in academic turgidity and was unreadable. The film was flawed by too many longueurs. Related articlesnot interesting or exciting unhappy because nothing is interesting a person or thing that is not exciting or interesting |
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