郁闷

鬱悶

yùmèn

adjective HSK 7-9 #4,620

Meanings

1 gloomy
2 depressed
3 feeling down

Characters

dense; stifled; melancholy

stuffy; bored; depressed

Examples

HSK 2

别郁闷了，出去走走吧。

Bié yùmèn le, chūqù zǒuzou ba.

Stop moping, go out for a walk.

HSK 3

他最近很郁闷。

Tā zuìjìn hěn yùmèn.

He has been feeling down recently.

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