What is another word for ennui?
225 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ ɛnjˈuːɪ], [ ɛnjˈuːɪ], [ ɛ_n_j_ˈuː_ɪ]Table of Contents
Similar words for ennui:- apathy (noun)
- boredom (noun)
- dejection (noun)
- depression (noun)
- discontentment (noun)
- dissatisfaction (noun)
- doldrums (noun)
- ennui (noun)
- fatigue (noun)
- tedium (noun)
- unrest (noun)
- weariness (noun)
- tire (verb)
- other synonyms
Definition for Ennui:
Synonyms for Ennui:
n.
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- excite.
- dumps,
- blahs,
- yawn,
- ho hums,
- lassitude,
- doldrums,
- dullness,
- satiety,
- spiritlessness,
- indifference,
- lack of interest,
- blues,
- apathy,
- surfeit,
- sadness,
- listlessness,
- languidness,
- dejection.
- downheartedness,
- dreariness,
- moroseness,
- disheartenment,
- discouragement,
- woefulness,
- sullenness,
- moodiness,
- grimness,
- mournfulness,
- dolorousness,
- plaintiveness,
- contemplativeness,
- despondency,
- glumness,
- despair,
- dispiritedness.
- bleakness,
- melancholia,
- the blues,
- cheerlessness,
- Disconsolation,
- heaviness of heart,
- Abjectness,
- Melancholias,
- lugubriosity,
- gloominess,
- heavyheartedness,
- abjection,
- lowness,
- the blue.
- unhappiness,
- anxiety,
- inquietude,
- discomfort,
- disgruntlement,
- joylessness,
- anguish,
- wretchedness,
- sourness,
- misery,
- discomposure,
- irritation,
- disquiet,
- exasperation,
- despondence,
- uncomfortableness,
- non-satisfaction,
- angst,
- uneasiness,
- discontent,
- frustration,
- displeasure.
- dis satisfactions,
- querulousnesses,
- dis-inclinations,
- dis-relishes,
- dis favor,
- dislikings,
- dis comforts,
- dis favors,
- dis-satisfactions,
- dis-favor,
- dis-satisfaction,
- dis-inclination,
- dis-quiets,
- fretfulnesses,
- dis-quiet,
- dis inclinations,
- dis quiet,
- dis-pleasure,
- dis-relish,
- dis approval,
- dis inclination,
- dis-pleasures,
- dis-comfort,
- dis-comforts,
- dis-mays,
- dis-approval,
- un easiness,
- in dispositions,
- dis-liking,
- in-dispositions,
- dis likings,
- dis mays,
- dis-approvals,
- dis liking,
- dis pleasure,
- dis-favors,
- dis quiets,
- dis satisfaction,
- dis approvals,
- dis relishes,
- malcontentments,
- dis-likings,
- dis relish,
- dis pleasures,
- dis may,
- un-easinesses,
- dis-may,
- in disposition,
- in-disposition,
- un-easiness,
- dis comfort.
v.
•tire (verb)- over strained,
- dis-heartens,
- dis-heartened,
- dis-pleasing,
- dis-pleases,
- over strains,
- dis heartening,
- de pressing,
- de-presses,
- over works,
- putting sleep,
- dis heartens,
- ex-asperates,
- dis heartened,
- ex asperate,
- over burden,
- ex asperating,
- dis pleasing,
- going stale,
- dis tressed,
- over-strains,
- dis-hearten,
- dis gusted,
- over-burdening,
- dis please,
- ex-asperating,
- over-tax,
- over strain,
- dis-gusted,
- grows weary,
- dis pleased,
- ennuiing,
- over taxes,
- dis pleases,
- over-taxed,
- over-burdens,
- dis-heartening,
- de pressed,
- went stale,
- over tax,
- over-worked,
- over-works,
- over-taxing,
- de-press,
- dis hearten,
- ex-asperated,
- dis-gusting,
- over burdening,
- de press,
- growing weary,
- over worked,
- dis gusting,
- over burdens,
- dis-tressed,
- over taxed,
- over-taxes,
- over-straining,
- de-pressing,
- de presses,
- over-strained,
- over taxing,
- over burdened,
- puts sleep,
- ex asperates,
- over-strain,
- dis-please,
- goes stale,
- over-burdened,
- ex-asperate,
- de-pressed,
- dis-pleased,
- over working,
- over straining,
- put sleep.
Other synonyms:
Antonyms for Ennui:
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n.
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boredom
excitement, vigor, cheer, happiness, joy, gladness, liveliness, enthusiasm, energy.
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Other antonyms:
diversion, amusement, involvement, enlivenment, engagement, bewitchment, captivation, fascination, immersion, enchantment, relief, animation, absorption, invigoration, entertainment, engrossment, stimulation, beguilement.
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boredom
Ennui Sentence Examples:
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However the Millstead love - affairs affected the principal actors, there can be no question that they relieved Sir Roderick Ayre from ennui for a considerable number of months and exercised a very wholesome effect on a man who had come to take pride in his own miserable incapacity for honest emotion.
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He is ill, but thanks you, Monsieur, for your letters, which relieve the ennui of imprisonment.
