ennui

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Mr. Simon’s record was also one of the first to grasp the mid-’70s ennui of a generation fenced in by marital responsibilities and yearning for its earlier, wilder self.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025

Thematically, these albums especially feel timeless, covering the ups and downs of adulthood: ennui and uncertainty, deep longing and the exhilaration of being young.

From Salon • Sep. 8, 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

Gatiss’s Gielgud is suffering from late-career ennui, but when he’s in his element he’s assured, witty, wryly acerbic.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

But as she sat there amid her guests, she felt the old ennui overtaking her, the hopelessness which so often assailed her, which came upon her like an obsession, like something extraneous, independent of volition.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin