WikiWord

English

ennui

/ɒnˈwiː/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
  2. To make bored or listless; to weary.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
ennui — meaning and etymology | WikiWord