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ennui

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"Boredom"

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5 lettersPronunciation /ɒnˈwiː/Part of speech nounSorted einnuStarts with EEnds with I1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the feeling of being bored by something tedious

Word origin

Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.

Used in a sentence

  • There have always been individuals who toy with the political extremes out of a sort of high-class ennui.

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