ennui

As nouns the difference between bittersweet and ennui

is that bittersweet is a vine, of the genus , having small orange fruits that open to reveal red seeds while ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

As an adjective bittersweet

is both bitter and sweet.

As nouns the difference between disconsolate and ennui

is that disconsolate is (obsolete) disconsolateness while ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

As an adjective disconsolate

is cheerless, dreary.

As a noun ennui

is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

As an adjective despondent is

in low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

As nouns the difference between ennui and pumpkin

is that ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression while pumpkin is a domesticated plant, in species cucurbita pepo , similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.

As nouns the difference between ennui and inertia

is that ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression while inertia is (physics|uncountable|or|countable) the property of a body that resists any change to its uniform motion; equivalent to its mass.

As nouns the difference between ennui and lassitude

is that ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression while lassitude is lethargy or lack of energy; fatigue.

As a noun ennui is

a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

Ennui is a related term of tediousness.

As nouns the difference between ennui and tediousness

is that ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression while tediousness is the quality of being tedious; wearisomeness; prolixity; tiresomeness; slowness; tedium.

Weltschmerz is a synonym of ennui.

As nouns the difference between ennui and weltschmerz

is that ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression while weltschmerz is world-weariness; an apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world.

Spleen is a synonym of ennui.

As nouns the difference between ennui and spleen

is that ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression while spleen is in vertebrates, including humans, a ductless vascular gland, located in the left upper abdomen near the stomach, which destroys old red blood cells, removes debris from the bloodstream, acts as a reservoir of blood, and produces lymphocytes.

As a verb spleen is

to dislike.