'Ennui' definitions:
Definition of 'ennui'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Ennui'
From: GCIDE
- Ennui \En`nui"\, n. [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See Annoy.] A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. --T. Gray. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ennui'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acedia,
- angst,
- anguish,
- anxiety,
- apathy,
- blues,
- boredness,
- boredom,
- cheerlessness,
- dejection,
- depression,
- discomfort,
- discomposure,
- discontent,
- dislike,
- dispiritedness,
- displeasure,
- disquiet,
- dissatisfaction,
- doldrums,
- dread,
- drowsiness,
- dullness,
- dumps,
- emptiness,
- enervation,
- existential woe,
- fatigue,
- fed-upness,
- flatness,
- grimness,
- heaviness,
- hebetude,
- inanimation,
- indifference,
- inquietude,
- jadedness,
- joylessness,
- lack of pleasure,
- lackadaisicalness,
- languidness,
- languishment,
- languor,
- languorousness,
- lassitude,
- lenitude,
- lentor,
- lethargy,
- life-weariness,
- lifelessness,
- listlessness,
- malaise,
- melancholy,
- nausea,
- nongratification,
- nonsatisfaction,
- oscitancy,
- painfulness,
- pall,
- passivity,
- phlegm,
- sadness,
- satedness,
- satiation,
- satiety,
- savorlessness,
- sleepiness,
- sloth,
- slothfulness,
- slowness,
- sluggishness,
- somnolence,
- spiritlessness,
- spleen,
- staleness,
- stupefaction,
- stupor,
- supineness,
- surfeit,
- taedium vitae,
- tastelessness,
- tediousness,
- tedium,
- tire,
- tiredness,
- torpidity,
- torpidness,
- torpitude,
- torpor,
- uncomfortableness,
- unease,
- uneasiness,
- unhappiness,
- unpleasure,
- unsatisfaction,
- vexation of spirit,
- wearifulness,
- weariness,
- weary,
- world-weariness,
- yawn