| 单词 | ennui |
| 释义 | ennui (once / 2804 pages) n The French word ennui describes a feeling that combines tiredness and boredom. Ennui is one version of "the blahs." Though it sounds it little fancy — maybe because it comes from French — ennui is a common feeling that everybody experiences: being bored and tired. School and work fill lots of people with ennui. A terrible TV show could create ennui. If you feel like your life is going nowhere, ennui could set in. When you're feeling ennui, you might as well take a nap, because you're too drowsy and uninterested to do much of anything else. WORD FAMILYennui: ennuis USAGE EXAMPLESEden Hazard, for bouncing back so bravely after a painful season-long battle with existential ennui. The Guardian(Dec 15, 2016) She then sings a song about the ennui of middle-aged womanhood and her disillusionment with the bourgeoisie who surround her privileged 1970s Manhattan life. New York Times(Dec 08, 2016) Attempting to live on a constant high guarantees ennui and desolation. The Guardian(Nov 25, 2016) n the feeling of being bored by something tedious Syn|Hypo|Hyper boredom, tedium blahs a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction fatigue(always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something dissatisfaction the feeling of being displeased and discontent |
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