Meaning of ENNUI
| Pronunciation: | | ân'wee
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| | Definition: | | [n] the feeling of being bored by something tedious |
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| | Synonyms: | | boredom, tedium |
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| | See Also: | | blahs, dissatisfaction, fatigue | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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