en|nui

en|nui
en|nui «AHN wee», noun, verb, -nuied or -nuyed, -nuy|ing.
–n.
a feeling of weariness and discontent that comes from having no occupation or interest; boredom: »

Gilded halls upon gilded halls can add up to ennui (A. H. Weiler).

–v.t.
to affect with ennui; bore: »

Evenings…sacred to reading on his part, and mortally ennuying to myself (Jane Welsh Carlyle).

[< French ennui < Old French ennuyer to chagrin. See related etym. at annoy. (Cf.annoy)]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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