Definitions for Ennui
ɑnˈwien·nui

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. boredom, ennui, tediumnoun

   the feeling of being bored by something tedious

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. ennuinoun

   A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

2. Etymology: * From ennui, from enui, from enuier (see ennuyer and annoy), from inodiare, from odium

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1. ennui

   In conventional usage, boredom, ennui, or tedium is an emotional and occasionally psychological state experienced when an individual is left without anything in particular to do, is listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement, is not interested in their surroundings, or feels that a day or period is dull or tedious. It is also understood by scholars as a modern phenomenon which has a cultural dimension. "There is no universally accepted definition of boredom. But whatever it is, researchers argue, it is not simply another name for depression or apathy. It seems to be a specific mental state that people find unpleasant—a lack of stimulation that leaves them craving relief, with a host of behavioral, medical and social consequences." According to BBC News, boredom "...can be a dangerous and disruptive state of mind that damages your health"; yet research "...suggest[s] that without boredom we couldn't achieve our creative feats."In Experience Without Qualities: Boredom and Modernity, Elizabeth Goodstein traces the modern discourse on boredom through literary, philosophical, and sociological texts to find that as "a discursively articulated phenomenon...boredom is at once objective and subjective, emotion and intellectualization—not just a response to the modern world, but also a historically constituted strategy for coping with its discontents." In both conceptions, boredom has to do fundamentally with an experience of time—such as experiencing the slowness of time—and problems of meaning.

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1. ennui

   Ennui refers to a feeling of weariness, dissatisfaction, and boredom resulting from a lack of interest or stimulation in life. It is often characterized by a sense of listlessness, apathy, and a general feeling of discontentment.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Ennuinoun

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

2. Etymology: [F., fr. L. in odio in hatred. See Annoy.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. Ennui

   äng-nwē′, n. a feeling of weariness or disgust from satiety, &c.: the occasion of ennui.—v.t. to weary: to bore.—adj. Ennuyé (äng-nwē-yā′), bored. [Fr.,—O. Fr. anoi—L. in odio, as in odio habeo, lit. 'I hold in hatred,' i.e. I am tired of. See Annoy.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. ennui

   1. The fourth dimension of action. 2. The looking-glass of the Infinite. 3. A state of time wherein seconds become days and hours become years. 4. A shop that contains nothing but a silent salesman, Death.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ennui in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ennui in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of Ennui in a Sentence

1. Cervantes:

   Poesy is a beauteous damsel, chaste, honourable, discreet, witty, retired, and who keeps herself within the limits of propriety. She is a friend of solitude; fountains entertain her, meadows console her, woods free her from ennui, flowers delight her; in short, she gives pleasure and instruction to all with whom she communicates.

2. Sir B. Brodie:

   The failure of the mind in old age is often less the results of natural decay, than of disuse. Ambition has ceased to operate; contentment bring indolence, and indolence decay of mental power, ennui, and sometimes death. Men have been known to die, literally speaking, of disease induced by intellectual vacancy.

3. D. H. Lawrence, Women in Love:

   There are three cures for ennui: sleep, drink and travel.

4. Luke Rhinehart:

   Life is islands of ecstasy in an ocean of ennui, and after the age of thirty land is seldom seen.

5. Abraham Myerson:

   Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Ennui
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ennui
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennui
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Ennui
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Ennui
7. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=Ennui