ennuied

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The result of which was to make Miss Mayfield, otherwise lanquid and ennuye, welcome Jeff's presence with a smile; to make Jeff, otherwise anxious, eager, and keenly attentive, mute and silent in her presence.

From Jeff Briggs's Love Story by Harte, Bret

He was occasionally occupied in thrumming a guitar, and seemed ennuye to the very death, as at intervals he gave directions for the recovery of his child.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Poe, Edgar Allan

To put it baldly, he was beginning to be desperately cloyed with the sweets of a day-long Miss Bessie, ennuye on the one hand and despondent on the other.

From A Fool for Love by Lynde, Francis

"O, but one is never affronted with an ennuye, if he is ever so provoking, because one always knows what it means."

From Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 1 by Burney, Fanny