ennui

🇺🇸 /ɑːnˈwiː/ 🇬🇧 /ɒnˈwiː/
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noun
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A feeling of being tired or bored because you have nothing interesting to do.

After spending the whole day in the house, she was overcome by a sense of ennui.

translation

n. A feeling of being tired or bored because you have nothing interesting to do.

Word Forms

Plural ennuis