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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.

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