Meaning & use
ennui
A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction that comes from boredom or a lack of purpose.
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A deep ennui settled over her during the long, uneventful summer at home.
He described the ennui of repetitive office work as a slow, gray fatigue of the mind.
A note on using this word
"Annui" is a misspelling of "ennui," a French loanword pronounced roughly "ahn-WEE" that suggests a deeper, more languid boredom than the plain word "boredom."
Words with a similar meaning
boredomlistlessnessweariness
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