Associations to the word «Ennui»

Wiktionary

ENNUI, noun. A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

Dictionary definition

ENNUI, noun. The feeling of being bored by something tedious.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats