Ennui is more despair*. The center is half way between mania and depression, and half way between happiness and sadness. It’s a state of calm and tranquility. Not happy or sad, but not manic or depressed.
Edit:
*Sorry, don’t think I could have been more unclear with that if I tried. What I meant to say was “Ennui is like Euthymia, but with a touch of despair. It’s more about feeling a little down and listless.”
I feel like that would be the depression version of sadness but idk what the equivalent would be for the depressed intensity of happiness. Honestly from going through a thesaurus (a hobby of mine) “complacence” has almost the exact connotation but an imperfect denotation.
I would call that state ennui, personally
Ennui is more despair*. The center is half way between mania and depression, and half way between happiness and sadness. It’s a state of calm and tranquility. Not happy or sad, but not manic or depressed.Edit:
*Sorry, don’t think I could have been more unclear with that if I tried. What I meant to say was “Ennui is like Euthymia, but with a touch of despair. It’s more about feeling a little down and listless.”
I feel like that would be the depression version of sadness but idk what the equivalent would be for the depressed intensity of happiness. Honestly from going through a thesaurus (a hobby of mine) “complacence” has almost the exact connotation but an imperfect denotation.