ennui
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Directed by André Gregory, the writer’s latest sees a four-person cast delivering long passages that together tell a familiar story of love, ennui and adultery.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
Never explicitly, “All We Imagine as Light,” a miraculously subtle piece of work, poses all of the questions above, spreading a luxuriant, hypnotic ennui.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 15, 2024
It’s a weird move – especially in hip-hop – for an artist to explore his own artistic ennui.
From Salon • Aug. 30, 2024
This is not about identity politics but ennui: Even minuscule choices, like what socks to wear, are part of a larger cultural self-definition and viral conversation.
From Slate • Aug. 3, 2024
I didn’t understand until he said it that part of my ennui had been resentment.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.