单词 | ennui |
释义 | ennuin. a. The feeling of mental weariness and dissatisfaction produced by want of occupation, or by lack of interest in present surroundings or employments. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] sada1200 fastidiuma1398 irkingc1400 irksomeness1435 tediousness1482 tediation1485 annuisance1502 weariness1526 wearisomenessa1568 irk1570 languor1596 tedification1616 tedium1662 ennui1758 dullery1841 boredom1853 mawkishness1861 fed-'upness1910 mouldiness1916 browned-offness1938 noia1944 1667 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 161 We have hardly any words that do..fully express the French naivete, ennui, bizarre, etc. 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. ii. xvii. 114 They shou'd prefer doing any thing to the ennui of their own conversation.] 1758 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 8 Jan. (1932) (modernized text) V. 2286 In less than a month, the man, used to business, found that living like a gentleman was dying of ennui. 1789 H. L. Piozzi Observ. Journey France II. 388 Muse! prepare some sprightly sallies To divert ennui at Calais. 1801 M. Edgeworth Angelina i, in Moral Tales II. 14 She felt insupportable ennui from the want of books and conversation suited to her taste. 1871 C. Darwin Descent of Man I. ii. 42 Animals manifestly enjoy excitement and suffer from ennui. b. Personified. ΚΠ 1790 C. M. Graham Lett. Educ. 290 It would entirely subdue the dæmon Ennui. 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 11 The fiend Ennui awhile consents to pine. 1847 W. E. Forster in T. W. Reid Life W. E. Forster (1888) I. vii. 208 We drove to a first-class hotel..a stylish, comfortless temple of ennui. c. concrete. A cause of ennui. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [noun] > tedious or dull thing or activity weariness1560 insipid1699 prose1743 bore1778 insipidity1822 ennui1849 yawn1889 palaver1920 bind1930 binder1930 corn1936 yawner1942 ho-hum1963 vicarage tea party1973 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. vii. 151 Every stitch she put in was an ennui. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2022). ennuiv. transitive. To affect with ennui; to bore, weary. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > be or become wearied or bored with [verb (transitive)] > affect with weariness or tedium sadeOE weary1340 tire?a1513 accloy1530 irka1535 attediate1603 tedify1614 bore1768 vapour1774 ennui1804 terebrate1855 bind1929 feed1933 1804–6 S. Smith Elem. Sketches Moral Philos. (1850) xviii. 266 They [animals] rejoice, play, are ennuied as we are. 1808 Edinb. Rev. Jan. 360 If the common people are ennui'd with the fine acting of Mrs. Siddons. 1865 Cornhill Mag. July 58 The Shoddy lady..ennuied with the superb house and uncongenial surroundings. 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 20 Aug. 1/1 The Roman public, jaded and ennuyed, found life not worth living without the stimulus of the sight of death. Derivatives ennuying adj. (rare.) ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious dreicha1300 alangec1330 joylessa1400 tedious1412 wearifulc1454 weary1465 laboriousa1475 tiresome?a1513 irksome1513 wearisome1530 woodena1566 irkful1570 flat1573 leaden1593 barren1600 soaked1600 unlively1608 dulla1616 irking1629 drearisome1633 drear1645 plumbous1651 fatigable1656 dreary1667 uncurious1685 unenlivened1692 blank1726 disinteresting1737 stupid1748 stagnant1749 trist?1756 vegetable1757 borish1766 uninteresting1769 unenlivening1774 oorie1787 wearying1796 subjectless1803 yawny1805 wearing1811 stuffy1813 sloomy1820 tediousome1823 arid1827 lacklustrous1834 boring1839 featureless1839 slow1840 sodden1853 ennuying1858 dusty1860 cabbagy1861 old1864 mouldy1876 yawnful1878 drab1880 dehydrated1884 interestless1886 jay1889 boresome1895 stodgy1895 stuffy1895 yawnsome1900 sludgy1901 draggy1922 blah1937 nowhere1940 drack1945 stupefactive1970 schleppy1978 wack1986 1858 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 388 Evenings..sacred to reading on his part, and mortally ennuying to myself. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1758v.1804 |
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