Spleen (en. Spleen)

/splin/

Meaning & Definition

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noun

State of deep melancholy.

He fell into an inexplicable spleen after the end of summer.

Il est tombé dans un spleen inexplicable après la fin de l'été.

Feeling of despair and weariness.

The city's spleen makes daily life difficult.

Le spleen de la ville rend la vie quotidienne difficile.

From Old French, deriving from the Latin 'splen', referring to an organ considered a source of melancholy.

to have the spleen

To be in a state of melancholy.

avoir le spleen

the spleen of Paris

Reference to the book by Charles Baudelaire on urban despair.

le spleen de Paris

spleen and ideal

Contrast between sadness and hope.

spleen et idéal

melancholy

State of melancholic sadness.

mélancholie

boredom

Feeling of emptiness and lack of interest.

ennui

depression

State of prolonged sadness.

dépression

Blue mood

Today, I have the blues and don't want to see anyone.

Aujourd'hui, j'ai un coup de blues et je ne veux voir personne.

Feeling down

After this bad news, I feel down.

Après cette mauvaise nouvelle, je suis à plat.