Definition of Ennui
boredom arising from a lack of interest or activity
Examples of Ennui in a sentence
Ennui crept up in the heart of the lonely child who had nothing better to do than to take a nap. 🔊
The course was once full of ennui, but the professor later spiced up our lectures with engaging classroom discussion. 🔊
Despite his ennui, Kurt was able to push past his boredom and finish his homework. 🔊
The uninterested students were filled with a sense of ennui when listening to the boring lecture. 🔊
Listening to your dull story about becoming a librarian is leaving me in a state of ennui. 🔊
After many hours in a deadlock, the bored jurors felt a sense of ennui and dissatisfaction. 🔊
Change to a more exciting career if you have an ennui for working at your current job. 🔊
Let us escape from the ennui of sitting around the house and go to the beach for a change. 🔊
Mental ennui took over the minds of the weary prisoners suffering from solitary boredom. 🔊
If I spend another weekend alone with nothing to do, I am going to die of ennui! 🔊
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