(n.) A feeling of weariness and disgust; dullness and languor of spirits, arising from satiety or want of interest; tedium.
Example Sentences:
(1) But what they take for a witticism might very well be true; most of Ellis's novels tell more or less the same story, about the same alienated ennui, and maybe they really are nothing more than the fictionalised diaries of an unremarkably unhappy man.
(2) Best of the bunch is 2006’s Tempbot , which beautifully satirises the spirit-crushing ennui of office environments by imagining a robot struggling to connect with homo sapiens co-workers who often seem as bereft of humanity as he is.
(3) It is important that the spirit of rainbow nation is extracted from the ennui of an increasingly jaded and complacent African National Congress, which, as with so many post-liberation ruling parties, is in danger of losing its moral compass.
(4) Nonetheless, the utilitarian fiction of Mr Fairweather and His Family was a superb piece of socially useful work I treasure to this day and I remain eternally grateful to its titular and nonexistent, ennui-ridden antihero Mr Fairweather, the Josef K of prescriptive childcare literature, for normalising my early years.
(5) They have turned mealtimes into the focus of every ounce of existential angst and middle-class ennui they can muster.
(6) Allen became famous only four years ago, yet already she has the ennui of a jaded veteran.
(7) Paras Anand, head of European equities at Fidelity Worldwide Investment The ECB’s strategy has as many shortcomings as potential benefits and it is hard not to feel a sense of, if not disappointment, then ennui at today’s announcement.
(8) But then there was always the "faceless record button", and the fear of ennui.
(9) If the films are extended games of he-loves-me-he-loves-me-not between glamorous stars (including Marcello Mastroianni , Jeanne Moreau and Alain Delon ), they also all share a sense of ennui and drift.
(10) Instead a combination of ennui at the ease of the group, added to fatigued resignation about England’s prospects when they get to France, conspired to rob Roy Hodgson of what should have been a moment of quiet triumph.
(11) Also showing will be Youth, an English-language drama directed by Paolo Sorrentino , featuring Michael Caine as an ageing composer plagued by ennui.
(12) And another example of Apple Maps inspired existential ennui: @ guardian It's decided the small town I live in is actually on a tiny deserted island 10 km west of here #iOS6maps — Tsana Dolichva (@Tsana_D) September 20, 2012 We'll be updating this blogpost as we receive further examples.
(13) She details whales banging their heads against their tanks and grinding their teeth on the walls, floors and bars until their teeth break or are worn to the pulp, allegedly because of boredom, frustration and ennui.
(14) Too many explosions, searching dead bodies for intelligence, hours of ennui and minutes of terror, lots of blood, holding the dying, all this and more had taken a toll.
(15) Occasionally we did so, although we often stumbled, as if out of ennui, against lesser sides.
(16) The opening sequence of Glue captures this ennui in unsettling, semi-hallucinatory fashion.
(17) Muscular and psychological rigidity, weariness, ennui and anhedonia may be the only clues to the presence of alexithymia.
(18) The effect is to induce a terrible ennui, a defeatist sense that, no matter how much evidence there is that something is unacceptable, we accept it anyway.
(19) The collection of sullen Keanu Reeves models is the work of Japanese company idk: "a remarkable instance of 3D mini ennui moving to the mass market," as 3Ders put it.
(20) And in those tiny moments of rest between the ennui of shadow cabinet meetings, there's a helpful spin doctor who can press a promotional copy of the Sun into your hands."
Jaded
Definition:
(imp. & p. p.) of Jade
Example Sentences:
(1) FreeKachin (@FreeKachin) Nov 10, 5pm, attached object fell off of the sky at Tin Aung Kyaing mining lot in Hpakant Jade tract.
(2) Without question, Corbyn takes seriously his mission to bring hope to those who have lost faith in politics; those jaded by the requirement to fall in behind leaders with whom they only partially agree.
(3) But in the past year one towered above the others as if not the biggest then the most extraordinary media story of the year – the death of Jade Goody.
(4) I'm 64 and I've got four-year-old twins, so it's not unusual for me to look jaded, especially if they've woken each other up during the night.
(5) At CPAC, conservatives dedicated an entire panel to “The Future of Marriage.” One could be forgiven for assuming it tackled the issue via the sub-topic “Gays, and the Ickiness Thereof,” because that was the default assumption among those attending CPAC as part of an ongoing More Jaded Than Thou contest.
(6) Drinks at Jade Bar are in keeping with the spa setting: fruity and herbaceous “muddles” (alcoholic or not) are a speciality, and the bartenders host mixology sessions on Sundays, or by appointment.
(7) "The public in the US are increasingly jaded about the death penalty.
(8) In March, April, May you could see he was a bit jaded.
(9) The answer lies in a mix of carrot and stick provision including investing in a more integrated public transport network, encouraging active transport in the form of walking and cycling, and enticing people out of their cars.” Facebook Twitter Pinterest Luminous umbrellas lit beneath high wire artist Jade Kindar-Martin.
(10) Countless high-profile stories have been shared by black supermodels Naomi Campbell, Iman and Jourdan Dunn about the jaded perceptions of diversity in the fashion industry.
(11) So, perhaps, on reflection, it was just a little bit ambitious of Britain's Eurovision hopeful, Jade Ewen, to sing a song entitled "It's my time".
(12) So in allowing Jade and her counterparts to discriminate against Shilpa Shetty, Channel 4 has strayed beyond the protection it could argue it has under article 10.
(13) Nevertheless, perception is key and more and more South Africans view the ANC's glass as half-empty: a jaded organisation tarnished by corruption, delivering too little too slowly and in inexorable decline.
(14) The Hall of Ice and Jade – named after the saying "as pure as jade, as unsullied as ice" – was built to shelter these women in old age, although it is now a museum.
(15) Wigan looked jaded in their 61st game of a marathon campaign and this sterile stalemate served to suggest that Derby are the most vibrant team competing for the remaining spot in next season's Premier League.
(16) But the data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) should shock even the most jaded of negotiators.
(17) Jade has virtually no chance of success, given the tactical voting at Eurovision by former Soviet bloc and Balkan nations - a phenomenon that last year prompted Terry Wogan to resign in disgust from his job as Eurovision presenter.
(18) The jaded player took off for France during his eight-month ban, vowing to leave the English game.
(19) They may also have been jaded as this was their seventh match in 23 days and all but one of their starting lineup had begun the Champions League victory against Porto on Tuesday .
(20) It is important that the spirit of rainbow nation is extracted from the ennui of an increasingly jaded and complacent African National Congress, which, as with so many post-liberation ruling parties, is in danger of losing its moral compass.