About The Word Ennui

Bay Area Crosswords

Learn about the word Ennui to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Ennui definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.

Ennui

Ennui Meaning & Definition
Ennui Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ennui?

[n] the feeling of being bored by something tedious

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ennui: boredom | tedium

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ennui: acedia | angst | anguish | anxiety | apathy | blues | boredness | boredom | cheerlessness | dejection | depression | discomfort | discomposure | discontent | dislike | dispiritedness | displeasure | disquiet | dissatisfaction | doldrums | dread | drowsiness | dullness | dumps | emptiness | enervation | existential woe | fatigue | fed-upness | flatness | grimness | heaviness | hebetude | inanimation | indifference | inquietude | jadedness | joylessness | lack of pleasure | lackadaisicalness | languidness | languishment | languor | languorousness | lassitude | lenitude | lentor | lethargy | lifelessness | life-weariness | listlessness | malaise | melancholy | nausea | nongratification | nonsatisfaction | oscitancy | painfulness | pall | passivity | phlegm | sadness | satedness | satiation | satiety | savorlessness | sleepiness | sloth | slothfulness | slowness | sluggishness | somnolence | spiritlessness | spleen | staleness | stupefaction | stupor | supineness | surfeit | taedium vitae | tastelessness | tediousness | tedium | tire | tiredness | torpidity | torpidness | torpitude | torpor | uncomfortableness | unease | uneasiness | unhappiness | unpleasure | unsatisfaction | vexation of spirit | wearifulness | weariness | weary | world-weariness | yawn

See Also | blahs | dissatisfaction | fatigue

Ennui In Webster's Dictionary

\En`nui"\, n. [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See {Annoy}.] A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. --T. Gray.

More Crossword Puzzle Words

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Cross Word Of The Day

  • Retrospective ‐ an exhibition of a representative selection of an artist's life…
  • Bandtail ‐ wild pigeon of western North America; often mistaken for the…
  • Douglass ‐ United States abolitionist who escaped from slavery and became…
  • Stanza ‐ a fixed number of lines of verse forming a unit…
  • Calypter ‐ scale-like structure between the base of the wing and the halter…
  • Lycia ‐ an ancient region on the coast of southwest…
  • To one ear ‐ in a monaural manner; "the stimuli were presented…
  • Rachet up ‐ move by degrees in one direction only, as of…
  • Rudder ‐ (nautical) steering mechanism consisting of a hinged vertical…
  • Oxidase ‐ any of the enzymes that catalyze biological…