Boredom
Boredom, or
ennui (a
French word, from
Old French enui) is a reactive state to wearingly dull, repetitive, or tedious
stimuli:
suffering from a lack of interesting things to see, hear, etc., or do (physically or intellectually), while not in the
mood of "
doing nothing". Temporarily being in a situation of boredom may also be felt as a waste of time, but then it is usually considered worse than just that. Alternatively one may have the feeling that boredom is caused by having too much time. Boredom can also be a symptom of
Clinical depression