Boredom vs. Ennui — What's the Difference?

In conventional usage, boredom is an emotional and occasionally psychological state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, is not interested in their surroundings, or feels that a day or period is dull or tedious. It is also understood by scholars as a modern phenomenon which has a cultural dimension.

Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom

The condition of being bored; ennui.

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

(uncountable) The state of being bored.

(transitive) To make bored or listless; to weary.

(countable) An instance or period of being bored; A bored state.

A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.

The state of being bored, or pestered; a state of ennui.

The feeling of being bored by something tedious

The realm of bores; bores, collectively.

The feeling of being bored by something tedious