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Ennui

//ɒnˈwiː// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun

1
A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. countable, uncountable
"There have always been individuals who toy with the political extremes out of a sort of high-class ennui."
2
the feeling of being bored by something tedious wordnet

Verb

1
To make bored or listless; to weary. transitive

Etymology

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.

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