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Word For The Day - ENNUI
www.dictionary.com ^ | 06-30-2017 | Red Badger

Posted on 06/30/2017 6:17:00 AM PDT by Red Badger

In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of “Word for the Day”.

ennui

[ahn-wee, ahn-wee; French ahn-nwee]

noun:

1. a feeling of utter weariness and discontent resulting from satiety or lack of interest; boredom:

Example: The endless lecture produced an unbearable ennui.

Word Origin:

Mid 18th century: French, from Latin mihi in odio est ‘it is hateful to me.’ Compare with annoy.

Synonyms for ennui noun boredom

apathy languor melancholy sadness tedium weariness blahs blues dejection depression dissatisfaction doldrums dumps fatigue lassitude listlessness satiety spiritlessness surfeit yawn ho hums lack of interest languidness


TOPICS: Books/Literature; Education; History; Word For The Day
KEYWORDS: ennui; wftd; word
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

CBS. Eye can’t spell check improv ably ....


21 posted on 06/30/2017 9:23:26 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Red Badger

The constant drumbeat of muzzie terrorism ignites in me a strange mixture of ennui and murderous rage.


22 posted on 06/30/2017 9:38:47 AM PDT by dsc
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To: dsc

Yes, but we must not let our guard down!.................A+++!............


23 posted on 06/30/2017 9:49:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
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To: Red Badger; T-Bone Texan
Word for the day haiku:

Somehow, seems to me
that with Trump we'll never see
stretches of ennui!

24 posted on 06/30/2017 10:21:59 AM PDT by SFConservative
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
CNNUI

As in- "CNNUI take down a Republican president?… Sure we can!"

25 posted on 06/30/2017 10:24:06 AM PDT by mikrofon (Weekend BUMP)
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To: SFConservative

Never a dull moment, that’s fer sher!..............A+++!..............


26 posted on 06/30/2017 10:38:12 AM PDT by Red Badger (Unless you eat The Bread of Life, you are toast!.......................)
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To: Red Badger

27 posted on 06/30/2017 2:42:38 PM PDT by lizma2
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To: Red Badger

I suffer from ennui when I start to clear out stacks of paper and need to take a mental and physical break.


28 posted on 07/05/2017 5:10:25 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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