ennuied

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The erstwhile Major had been found dead on a dark street and brought by curious and ennuied citizens to the drug store.

From Strictly business: more stories of the four million by Henry, O.

So long ago as 1805 Sidney Smith used it as a verb and said that he had been ennuied.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 05 The Englishing of French Words; the Dialectal Words in Blunden's Poems by Society for Pure English

It was with a generally ennuied air that he sauntered at midnight into a night lunch room much frequented by the Courier staff and encountered Dick there, whom he greeted with enthusiasm.

From The Lash by Lyman, Olin L.

A plea is herein made that its attractions be better known by those who have become ennuied by the "resorts."

From The Cathedrals of Southern France by Mansfield, M. F. (Milburg Francisco)

Miss Larrabee used to call him the first aid to the ennuied.

From In Our Town by Gruger, Frederic Rodrigo