- ennui⇄ennui, noun, verb, -nuiedor-nuyed,-nuying.
- ennui⇄noun a feeling of weariness and discontent that comes from having no occupation or interest; boredom.
Ex. Gilded halls upon gilded halls can add up to ennui (A. H. Weiler). - ennui⇄v.t. to affect with ennui; bore.
Ex. Evenings ... sacred to reading on his part, and mortally ennuying to myself (Jane Welsh Carlyle).