ennui

/ɑnˈwi/

Other forms: ennuis

The French word ennui describes a feeling that combines tiredness and boredom. Ennui is one version of "the blahs."

Though it sounds a little fancy — maybe because it comes from French — ennui is a common feeling that everybody experiences: being bored and tired. School and work fill lots of people with ennui. A terrible TV show could create ennui. If you feel like your life is going nowhere, ennui could set in. When you're feeling ennui, you might as well take a nap, because you're too drowsy and uninterested to do much of anything else.

Definitions of ennui

1. noun

   the feeling of being bored by something tedious
   synonyms: boredom, tedium

   types:

   blahs

   a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction

   fatigue

   (always used with a modifier) boredom resulting from overexposure to something

   type of:

   dissatisfaction

   the feeling of being displeased and discontent