ennui

---

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ɒnˈwiː/
• (America) IPA: /ɑnˈwi/

Noun

ennui

1. A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

Synonyms

• acedia
• weltschmerz
• boredom

Translations

• French: apathie, indolence
• German: Langeweile, Apathie
• Italian: noia
• Portuguese: tédio, enfado, fastio
• Russian: ску́ка
• Spanish: apatía

Translations

• French: mélancolie, dépression
• German: Depression, Melancholie
• Portuguese: melancolia, depressão
• Russian: тоска́
• Spanish: melancolía

Verb

ennui (ennuis, present participle ennuying; past and past participle ennuied)

1. (transitive) To make bored or listless; to weary.

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.002