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Is ennui a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word ennui is a Scrabble US word. The word ennui is worth 5 points in Scrabble:

E1N1N1U1I1

Is ennui a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word ennui is a Scrabble UK word and has 5 points:

E1N1N1U1I1

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5-letter words (1 found)

ENNUI,

4-letter words (1 found)

NINE,

3-letter words (4 found)

INN,NIE,NUN,UNI,

2-letter words (5 found)

EN,IN,NE,NU,UN,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 12 words from ennui according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of ennui

ennui

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French ennui, from Old French enui (“annoyance”), from enuier (modern French ennuyer), from Late Latin inodiō, from Latin in odiō (“hated”). Doublet of annoy.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɒnˈwiː/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ɑnˈwi/
  • Rhymes: -iː

Noun

ennui (countable and uncountable, plural ennuis)

  1. A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:ennui.

Synonyms

  • acedia
  • Weltschmerz
  • boredom

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Translations

Verb

ennui (third-person singular simple present ennuis, present participle ennuying, simple past and past participle ennuied or ennuyed)

  1. (transitive) To make bored or listless; to weary.

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French enui, probably from the verb enuier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.nɥi/
  • Homophones: ennuie, ennuient, ennuies, ennuis
  • Rhymes: -ɥi

Noun

ennui m (countable and uncountable, plural ennuis)

  1. (uncountable) boredom; lassitude
  2. (countable) trouble, issue, annoyance

Usage notes

  • In the sense of "trouble", the word is almost solely used in the expression l'ennui avec (“the trouble with”) or as a plurale tantum (see ennuis).

Related terms

  • ennuyer
  • ennuyeux

Further reading

  • “ennui”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

ennui

  1. Alternative form of anoy

Source: wiktionary.org