郁闷

鬱悶

yùmèn

adjective #4,620

Meanings

1 gloomy
2 depressed
3 feeling down

Characters

dense; stifled; melancholy

stuffy; bored; depressed

Examples

他最近很郁闷。

Tā zuìjìn hěn yùmèn.

He has been feeling down recently.

别郁闷了，出去走走吧。

Bié yùmèn le, chūqù zǒuzou ba.

Stop moping, go out for a walk.

Tips

usage

郁闷 is very common in casual speech to express feeling annoyed, frustrated, or mildly depressed. Less clinical than 抑郁.

memory

郁 (dense/stifled) + 闷 (stuffy/bored) — feeling emotionally stifled and stuffy.

Stroke Order

郁 yù

闷 mèn