2 uses
(click/touch triangles for details)
Definition
the feeling of being bored by something tedious
- Kerry read "Dorian Gray" and simulated Lord Henry, following Amory about, addressing him as "Dorian" and pretending to encourage in him wicked fancies and attenuated tendencies to ennui.1.2 — Spires and Gargoyles (28% in)
- This particular day on which he announced his ennui to Tom had been quite typical.2.2 — Experiments in Convalescence (63% in)
There are no more uses of "ennui" in This Side of Paradise.
Typical Usage
(best examples)