ennui

  • 41ennui — [ɒn wi:] noun listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from boredom. Origin C18: Fr., from L. in odio(n ), from mihi in odio est it is hateful to me ; cf. annoy …

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  • 42ennui — n. [Fr.] Listlessness (for want of occupation), languor, tedium, lassitude, wearisomeness, tiresomeness, irksomeness …

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  • 43ennui — noun (U) French formal a feeling of being tired and bored, especially as a result of having nothing to do …

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  • 44ennui — n boredom, world weariness, Ger. Welt schmerz; lackadaisicalness, languor, listlessness, lethargy, sluggishness, Inf. the blahs, Inf. blue Monday; doldrums, melancholy, Archaic. spleen …

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  • 45ennui — en·nui …

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  • 46ennui — UK [ˈɒnwiː] / US [ɑnˈwɪ] noun [uncountable] literary a feeling of being bored and having no interest in anything …

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  • 47ennui — en•nui [[t]ɑnˈwi[/t]] n. a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom • Etymology: 1660–70; < F: boredom; OF enui displeasure; see annoy …

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  • 48ennui — /ɒnˈwi / (say on wee) noun a feeling of weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom. {French, from Latin in odiō. See annoy (noun) …

  • 49ennui —   n. boredom.    ♦ ennuyant, a. boring.    ♦ ennuyé, n. & a. (fem.    ♦ uyée pron. same) bored (person) …

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  • 50ennui — see ANNOY …

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