BOREDOM    厭煩

FEELING OR MOOD of a LACK of DELIGHT in the NOW:present SITUATION which one UNDERSTANDS TOO INTENSELY:well, OFTEN:typically also LACK of DESIRE to ACT.
INDIFFERENTBOREDBOREDOMTEDIOUSDULLMONOTONOUSREPETITIVEUNRELIEVEDUNVARIEDUNIMAGINATIVEUNEVENTFULCHARACTERLESSFEATURELESSCOLORLESSLIFELESSINSIPIDUNINTERESTINGUNEXCITINGUNINSPIRINGUNSTIMULATINGUNREADABLEUNWATCHABLEJEJUNEFLATBLANDDRYSTALETIREDBANALLACKLUSTERSTODGYVAPIDMONOCHROMEDREARYHUMDRUMMUNDANEMIND-NUMBINGWEARISOMETIRINGTIRESOMEIRKSOMETRYINGFRUSTRATINGDEADLYHO-HUMDULLSVILLEDULL AS DISHWATERPLAIN-VANILLAWEARINESSENNUIAPATHYUNCONCERNFRUSTRATIONDISSATISFACTIONRESTLESSNESSRESTIVENESSLETHARGYLASSITUDETEDIUMDULLNESSMONOTONYREPETITIVENESSFLATNESSDREARINESSDEADLINESS
Modern Chinese Criteria
無聊 枯燥 乾燥 枯澀 乏味 無味 平淡 瘟 乾癟 乾巴巴 平淡無味 索然寡味 味同嚼蠟 興味索然 厭煩 厭倦 鬱悶 煩碎 rough draft to BEGIN TO identify synonym group members for analysis, based on CL etc. 18.11.2003. CH ／
Hypernym
  • FEELING　NATURAL REACTION IN one's MIND. (anc: 11/0, child: 17)
  • REACT　CHANGE one's THINKING OR ACTING BECAUSE one is PERCEIVING something. (anc: 10/0, child: 5)
  • CHANGE　EVENT involving two MOMENTS t1 and t2, such that a THING at the MOMENT t1 is DIFFERENT FROM that THING at the MOMENT t2. (anc: 9/0, child: 18)
  • Vocabulaire européen des philosophies. Dictionnaire des intraduisibles ( CASSIN 2004) p. 8

    ACEDIA

    This gives a fine survey of related notions of indifference, and especially of SPLEEN in Baudelaire. Taedium vitae in Lucretius.

    The history of boredom in ancient and medieval China remains to be written. The history of the modern words provides a starting point for this.

  • De Rerum Humanarum Emendatione ( COMENIUS 1665) p. 661©©

    TAEDIUM a nimietate rei veniens impatientia (ut si qvis nimis diu cogatur laborare, aut loqvi, aut alium loqventem audire, aut vigilare, vel dormire, stare vel sedere, etiam otiari a labore consueto....)

  • Lateinische Synonyme und Etymologien ( DOEDERLEIN 1840) p.

    DULL/BORING/STUPID

    inficetus refers to someone who is dull, tasteless, and heavy-handed.

    infacetus refers to anyone who lacks special wit, and the word is usually used with negatives, is a negative polarity item.

  • Kessel, Martina, Langeweile. Zum Umgang mit Zeit und Gefuehlen in Deutschland vom spaeten 18. bis zum fruehen 20. Jahrhundert ( KESSEL 2001) p.

  • Historisches Woerterbuch der Philosophie ( RITTER 1971-2007) p. 5.28

    LANGEWEILE

  • Democritus Ridens ( WEBER 1857) p. 6.5

  • Langeweile? ( DOEHLEMANN 1995) p.

  • Boredom ( TOOHEY 2011) p.

    • Words (7 items)

    厭  yàn OC: qems MC: ʔiɛm 4 Attributions

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 倦/TIRED The general purpose word for communal exhaustion is pì 罷 (ant. zhuàng 壯 "in strong shape"); the general word for the state of exhaustion of an individual is juàn 倦.

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)be bored or become bored with something contextually determinate
    • vtoNget bored with; lose interest in
    疲厭  pí yàn OC: bral qems MC: biɛ ʔiɛm 3 Attributions
      Syntactic words
    • NPabpsychthe state of being sick and tired of something
    • VPichangeget worn out
    • VPt(oN)get tired of/bored with the contextually determinate N
    • VPtoNcausativetire out
    邑  yì OC: qrɯb MC: ʔip 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • vi.redbe very bored
    無聊  wú liáo OC: ma b-ruu MC: mi̯o leu 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe boring
    倦  juàn OC: ɡrons MC: giɛn 1 Attribution

      Word relations
    • Contrast: 厭/DISSATISFIED Yàn 厭 refers specifically to being tired of, and thus fed up with something.

      Syntactic words
    • vt(oN)get bored with the contextually determinate N
    心厭  xīn yàn OC: slɯm qems MC: sim ʔiɛm 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPtoNget fed up with; get bored with
    寂寞  jì mò OC: sɡlɯɯwɡ maaɡ MC: dzek mɑk 1 Attribution
      Syntactic words
    • VPibe bored