From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ennui \En'nui"\, noun [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See {Annoy}.] A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. --T. Gray. ||
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: the feeling of being bored by something tedious [syn: {boredom}, {tedium}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
101 Moby Thesaurus words for "ennui": acedia, angst, anguish, anxiety, apathy, blues, boredness, boredom, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, discomfort, discomposure, discontent, dislike, dispiritedness, displeasure, disquiet, dissatisfaction, doldrums, dread, drowsiness, dullness, dumps, emptiness, enervation, existential woe, fatigue, fed-upness, flatness, grimness, heaviness, hebetude, inanimation, indifference, inquietude, jadedness, joylessness, lack of pleasure, lackadaisicalness, languidness, languishment, languor, languorousness, lassitude, lenitude, lentor, lethargy, life-weariness, lifelessness, listlessness, malaise, melancholy, nausea, nongratification, nonsatisfaction, oscitancy, painfulness, pall, passivity, phlegm, sadness, satedness, satiation, satiety, savorlessness, sleepiness, sloth, slothfulness, slowness, sluggishness, somnolence, spiritlessness, spleen, staleness, stupefaction, stupor, supineness, surfeit, taedium vitae, tastelessness, tediousness, tedium, tire, tiredness, torpidity, torpidness, torpitude, torpor, uncomfortableness, unease, uneasiness, unhappiness, unpleasure, unsatisfaction, vexation of spirit, wearifulness, weariness, weary, world-weariness, yawn
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