ennui
/ɒnˈwiː/noun
A heavy feeling of boredom and low spirits; weary dissatisfaction with life.
Example sentences
- “By February, a deep winter ennui had settled over the whole household.”
- “Retirement brought him rest at first, and then a creeping ennui.”
A French borrowing, pronounced ahn-WEE. It is boredom with intellectual pretensions: world-weariness rather than a dull afternoon.