Ennui

What do we mean by ennui?

Listlessness and dissatisfaction resulting from lack of interest; boredom. noun

A painful or wearisome state of mind due to the want of any object of interest, or to enforced attention to something destitute of interest; the condition of being bored; tedium. noun

A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium. noun

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression (Wikipedia). noun

The feeling of being bored by something tedious noun

A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

A sense of apathy and lassitude brought about by either societal or personal stagnation. Akin to languor, but more closely tied to existentialism and post-war Europe. Urban Dictionary

A very deep and generalised boredom with one's life. Some high-schoolers may think they are suffering, because they're "bored and do not want to do their homework"...Yes well it's deeper than that, so no you're not suffering. Comes from the french word ennuyeux, meaning, boring/annoying See also, depression Urban Dictionary

It's that "I can't believe THIS is supposed to be life-affirming" ennui that makes you regret your tired existence. Characterized by a deep sigh of dissatisfaction, it's that miserable feeling you get post-coitus where you realize you spent countless hours convincing yourself and some other person that this was going to turn out well. Urban Dictionary

A feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement. (Aka like boredom) Urban Dictionary

A painting by Walter Richard Sickert who is also suspected to have been Jack the Ripper. Urban Dictionary

A punk guy who looks like a scene kid! Reckon himself to be a vampire. Can be found static in almost all the social networks. Popular for his red streak hair. A fame philia of Internet! Urban Dictionary

Obscure 90's band had a minor hit with the funk-tinged dancefloor rave-up "Limestone Willie." Band had distinctive stage presence in tuba player Sergio and go-go dancing guitarist Gretl. Members later appeared in such bands as the Dirtminers and Catfence. Urban Dictionary

That's that thing when you've been waiting in line for the toaster, but you're so hungry you make yourself a bagel and eat it before you eat your actual toasted bagel. Urban Dictionary

A self-made Punk with ever-changing personality and appearance. A deceitful shammer in the world of social network. In a nutshell, he is a punk postiche who is an India but looks likes an Asian, talks like a German but sounds like a British. Nothing upright about him unless you think its the wonders of Photoshop. Urban Dictionary

Ennuied Imp is a failed punk scene. An infamous self portrait artist on dA. He fakes his eye color to blue and his pictures are as phony as hell. Joins in almost all the groups for laurels. A modern postiche of the 21st century! Urban Dictionary

Words that are spelled similarly to ennui:
ennui, enui, enni.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word ennui:
boredom, sonnet, praised, leads, lyrics, lives, friend, experience, smith, too, life, past, noted, sound.

Words that rhyme with ennui:
buoy, louis, dewey, gooey, hooey, dewy, shui, chewy, huey, phooey, sui, pewee, bluey, screwy, cooee, gluey, shooi, uy, suey, chop suey, viewy, mitsui, thewy, grenouille, lewy, blooey, spewy, bell buoy, toohey, matsui, duey, hughie, john dewey, fukui, shuey, life buoy, st louis, conical buoy, gong buoy, tsui, nun buoy, can buoy, tuohy, stewy, spar buoy, whistle buoy, kooi, lewi, huie, whistling buoy, sansui, acoustic buoy, hughey, chop-suey, chopsuey, lewey, u e, abreu e, ado he, anew he, avenue e, avenue he, bamboo he, blue e, blue he, booee, breakthrough he, brew he, canoe he, choo he, clue he, coup he, crew he, cue he, debut he, do e, do he, drew he, du iie, due e, due he, ewy, few he, fouhy, glue he, grew he, guru he, hewey, hindu he, hitherto he, hu e, hu he, hugh he, hughy, interview he, into e, jew he, knew he, kooy, krawccykiewi.

Adjectives that are often used to describe ennui:
sheer, gener, intolerable, much, terrible, profound, mortal, certain, deadly, immense, general, spiritual, french, mere, existential, romantic, eternal, pure, incurable, extreme, deep, restless, dreadful, utter, listless, endless, mental, infinite, modern, less, dull, desperate, class, unspeakable, vague, perpetual, hopeless, sexual, overwhelming, constant, horrible, miserable, oppressive, heavy, universal, intellectual, intense, fashionable, unutterable, rural, inevitable, terminal, melancholy, celestial, sophisticated, chronic, insufferable, insupportable, appalling, pervasive, elegant, silent, usual, loveless, boundless, excessive, dreary, inexorable, longest, wearisome, urban, unbearable, foul, fatal, habitual, deadening, marital, suburban, passive, manifest, baudelairean, vast, fearful, monotonous.

Consonant match to ennui:
anear, honoree, annoyer, ennea, enea, honorer, inoue, inouye, an hour, anew a, anew he, anew her, annie a, anno e, annoy a, annoy her, ano e, any a, au neo, earn our, ernie a, hanoi who, hernia a, honey a, honey he, honor e, honor he, honor her, honour he, honour her, in higher, ona i, owner he, uno a, uno e, uno o.

Words that sound like ennui:
ennui, enui, anouilh, any, ne, eni, enea, ensey, n.y, enni, ennea, -ency, ennio, ensi, inouye, ennew, n e, n c, n t, enya, aigner, enyo, anyi, empty, enemy, envy, anew, emcee, emmy, emy, ena, enzo, iny, eno, enis, inuit, emi, ency, emmie, eny, enna, ennis, m e, inny, ente, anul, emmi, envie, inu, inti, innie, ento, enta, envi, inly, m c, enu, ennemi, endi, enate, emc, enit, enki, enso, ensa, inni, enno, emea, entia, inci, emsy, enel, enam, inee, enet, ennead, ennen, enat, insee, ennes, anaiah, enig, ename, inoa, inchi, ensu, inea, inoue, anea, ennuyeux, enee, enige, emsi, enuki, m.i, enac, imua, enak, anii, anoia.