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Definition of Ennui
1. Noun. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.
Generic synonyms: Dissatisfaction
Specialized synonyms: Blahs, Fatigue
Derivative terms: Tedious
Definition of Ennui
1. n. A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.
Definition of Ennui
1. Noun. A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ennui
1. a feeling of weariness and discontent [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ennui
Literary usage of Ennui
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste COMTE, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"The strongest faculties, which ;nv the lowest, are so easily exercised that in
ordinary circumstances they can hardly generate the ennui which would produce ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1783)
"And fuch culprits arc doom'd to the gaol of ey gape o ei Two muddy licit filh in
the net of ennui. Of Indolence moil ye mild ..."
3. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie (1806)
"You can sink the flat boat of the invader ennui. If a cool non-chalance o'er your
sposo should for vapours will rise e'en on Jupiter's head, O ever believe ..."
4. Applied Sociology: A Treatise on the Conscious Improvement of Society by Society by Lester Frank Ward (1906)
"The action that men of leisure engage in is of every conceivable kind, whatever
best accomplishes the primary egoistic purpose of driving away ennui and ..."
5. Literary and Historical Miscellanies by George Bancroft (1855)
"But in his fullest maturity he still draws the appalling picture of unalleviated
ennui, in language that was the mournful echo of his mind. ..."
6. Ben-Hur by Lew Wallace (1881)
"If we can often repeat to ourselves sweet thoughts without ennui, why shall not
another be suffered to awaken them within us still oftener."— Hesp. ..."
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