Definitions for ennui

ennui en·nui

Spelling: [ahn-wee, ahn-wee; French ahn- Ennui is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 22 anagrams from letters in ennui (einnu).

Definitions for ennui

noun

  1. a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:

Origin of ennui

1660-70; French: boredom; Old French enui displeasure; see annoy

Examples for ennui

At this period of my life, ennui was very near turning into misanthropy.

I pass,” said he, “like a shadow over the earth, accompanied by misery and ennui.

I dreaded the departure of Lady Geraldine less than the return of ennui.

As often happens in hostage situations, a sense of ennui enveloped the participants.

Gabe tried to kick his postmodern, adolescent sense of ennui (a “lame” feeling) through members of the opposite sex (“dames”).

Probably the best movie to tackle the ennui of working life, Office Space also gave us one of the best quitting scenes.

The disconnect is sharp; the frustration, the sense of ennui palpable from Capitol Hill to California.

Some one said the other day, "ennui is a disease that comes from living on other people's money."

The habit of ennui was stronger than all my passions put together.

Consumed and eventually disgorged, Pierre is restored to his loving parents, his ennui banished.

Word Value for ennui
Scrable

5

Words with friends

8

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