I. (ˈ)än|wē sometimes |än(y)ə|wē noun
( -s )
Etymology: French, from Old French enui annoyance — more at annoy
1. : a feeling of weariness and dissatisfaction : languor or emptiness of spirit : tedium , boredom
the moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed; … all tragedies, all ennuis vanish — R.W.Emerson
2.
a. : an instance or period of ennui
b. : something that causes ennui
the effort she made was itself an ennui
II. transitive verb
( en·nuied or en·nuyed -|wēd ; ennuied or ennuyed “ ; en·nuy·ing -|wēiŋ, -|wē.ēŋ ; en·nuies -|wēz)
: to afflict with ennui : bore — used chiefly in the past participle