Ennui

//ɒnˈwiː//

Synonyms for "ennui" (114 found)

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Closest matches (23)

Noun(2 words)
boredomacedia
Verb(1 words)
cause boredom

Strong matches (34)

Related words (57)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

1 entries

Synonyms

5 entries

causes desire

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

4 entries

Translations

85 translations across 28 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • скука noun (listlessness, boredom)

Czech

2 entries
  • otrávenost noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • znuděnost noun (listlessness, boredom)

Danish

4 entries
  • apati noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • depression noun (melancholia, depression)
  • kedsomhed noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • ligegyldighed noun (listlessness, boredom)

Dutch

2 entries
  • lusteloosheid noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • verveling noun (listlessness, boredom)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • enuo noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • enuo noun (melancholia, depression)

Faroese

1 entries
  • keðsemi noun (listlessness, boredom)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ikävystyminen noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • ikävyys noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • ikävä noun (melancholia, depression)
  • tylsyys noun (listlessness, boredom)

French

4 entries
  • apathie noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • dépression noun (melancholia, depression)
  • indolence noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • mélancolie noun (melancholia, depression)

German

4 entries
  • Apathie noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • Depression noun (melancholia, depression)
  • Langeweile noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • Melancholie noun (melancholia, depression)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • kedvtelenség noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • közöny noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • unalom noun (listlessness, boredom)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • leiðindi noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • lífsleiði noun (melancholia, depression)
  • óyndi noun (melancholia, depression)

Ido

1 entries
  • tedo noun (listlessness, boredom)

Irish

4 entries
  • atuirse noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • bailitheacht noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • lagsprid noun (melancholia, depression)
  • liostacht noun (listlessness, boredom)

Italian

4 entries
  • depressione noun (melancholia, depression)
  • malinconia noun (melancholia, depression)
  • noia noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • tedio noun (listlessness, boredom)

Japanese

4 entries
  • つれづれ noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • もの憂さ noun (melancholia, depression)
  • アンニュイ noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • アンニュイ noun (melancholia, depression)

Latin

1 entries
  • taedium noun (listlessness, boredom)

Middle English

1 entries
  • noy noun (listlessness, boredom)

Māori

1 entries
  • ro(w)hea noun (listlessness, boredom)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • kjedsomhet noun (listlessness, boredom)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • keisemd noun (listlessness, boredom)

Polish

3 entries
  • depresja noun (melancholia, depression)
  • melancholia noun (melancholia, depression)
  • znużenie noun (listlessness, boredom)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • depressão noun (melancholia, depression)
  • enfado noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • fastio noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • melancolia noun (melancholia, depression)

Russian

4 entries
  • ску́ка noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • тоска́ noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • тоска́ noun (melancholia, depression)
  • хандра́ noun (melancholia, depression)

Spanish

4 entries
  • aburrimiento noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • apatía noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • enuí noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • melancolía noun (melancholia, depression)

Swedish

3 entries
  • leda noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • långtråkighet noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • tristess noun (listlessness, boredom)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • pantot noun (listlessness, boredom)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bezginlik noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • buhran noun (melancholia, depression)
  • bunaltı noun (melancholia, depression)
  • bunluk noun (melancholia, depression)

Welsh

2 entries
  • diflastod noun (listlessness, boredom)
  • diflastod noun (melancholia, depression)

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Idleness begets ennui.

Source: tatoeba (8986037)

A great black night wrapped the city in an oppressively comforting ennui.

Source: tatoeba (9054783)

We're dying of ennui.

Source: tatoeba (9548984)

There have always been individuals who toy with the political extremes out of a sort of high-class ennui.

Source: wiktionary

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