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ennui::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | boredom, tedium |
| Type of | dissatisfaction |
| Has types | blahs, fatigue |
Examples of ennui
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Ennui, anarchy and jump cuts-that was Godard at his influential best in the 60s.
From the time.com
To be sure, there's not much about Domremy to shatter a case of adolescent ennui.
From the washingtonpost.com
Quentin is a postmodern wizard, and Grossman revels in exploring magical ennui.
From the dispatch.com
For a band associated with ear-blowing volume, they perfected ennui as energy.
From the independent.co.uk
Yet despite his ennui, almost every entry has at least one nugget to treasure.
From the guardian.co.uk
Baker claims his political ennui is so acute that he pines for ancient villainies.
From the time.com
Ennui-escaping Mexicans with narrow budgets would always go for the TV first.
From the economist.com
It's such a transparent ploy that Kirby's used so often that it only induced ennui.
From the scienceblogs.com
They all appeared to be suffering from acute spinal inertia and total mental ennui.
From the time.com
- Boredom: the feeling of being bored by something tedious
- Sylvia Plath's sonnet "Ennui" was published for the first time in November 2006 in the online literary journal Blackbird . ...
- A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression
- Boredom, weariness, dissatisfaction with life (weariness and dissatisfaction resulting from inactivity or lack of interest; boredom).
- ( n-w , n w ) n. Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom: "The servants relieved their ennui with gambling and gossip about their masters"
- Is the French term for boredom.
- Another key tenet of hipsterism.
