ennuyé
ennuyé adjective: affected with ennui; bored.
Adjective
ennuyé (comparative more ennuyé, superlative most ennuyé)
- Affected with ennui; bored.
- Upon my entrance, Usher arose from a sofa on which he had been lying at full length, and greeted me with a vivacious warmth which had much in it, I at first thought, of an overdone cordiality—of the constrained effort of the ennuyé man of the world.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, The Fall of the House of Usher
- You must open your doors to your friend at all hours; if when inside it suit him to sing, sing he will; and until you learn solitude in a crowd, or the art of concentration, you are apt to become ennuyé and irritable.1856, Richard F. Burton, First Footsteps in East Africa, Könemann, published 2000, page 49
Forms of ennuyé
| comparative | more ennuyé |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ennuyé |
Origin of ennuyé
Borrowed from French ennuyé.
Questions about ennuyé
- What does ennuyé mean?
- Ennuyé means affected with ennui; bored.
- What part of speech is ennuyé?
- Ennuyé is an adjective.
Words near ennuyé in the dictionary
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