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View usage for: (ɒnwiː) uncountable nounEnnui is a feeling of being tired, bored, and dissatisfied. [literary]Synonyms: boredom, dissatisfaction, tiredness, the doldrums More Synonyms of ennui (ˈɒnwiː, French ɑ̃nɥi) nouna feeling of listlessness and general dissatisfaction resulting from lack of activity or excitement Word origin C18: from French: apathy, from Old French enui annoyance, vexation; see annoyennui in American English (ˈɑnˌwi; ɑnˈwi) noun weariness and dissatisfaction resulting from inactivity or lack of interest; boredom Examples of 'ennui' in a sentenceennui A brief surge of pure joy was quickly supplanted by his more usual ennui.Her usual carefully-studied air of ennui had for a moment slipped.`Tony Hill,' he said, covering his ennui with a coating of brightness. Definition boredom and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of activity or excitement (literary) She suffered from ennui whenever she was alone. Synonyms dissatisfaction tiredness the doldrums listlessness Additional synonymsDefinition physical or mental weariness Symptoms of anaemia include general fatigue and lassitude. Synonyms weariness, fatigue, exhaustion, apathy, tiredness, inertia, lethargy, drowsiness, dullness, ennui (literary), torpor, heaviness, sluggishness, languor, listlessness, prostration, enervation, sluggardliness Definition an abnormal lack of energy Symptoms include tiredness, paleness and lethargy. Synonyms sluggishness, inertia, inaction, slowness, indifference, apathy, sloth, stupor, drowsiness, dullness, torpor, sleepiness, lassitude, languor, listlessness, torpidity, hebetude (rare) Synonyms languor, indifference, apathy, inertia, lethargy, ennui (literary), sluggishness, indolence, inattention, enervation, lifelessness, torpidity, supineness, spiritlessness, languidness - enmeshed
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- ennoble
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