ennuied

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It showed her in a flash of reasoning of which he could not know, that it was possible to be ennuied with glorious harmonies.

From Rose of Dutcher's Coolly by Garland, Hamlin

When I was ennuied at home, visited him.

From Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Volume 6 by Lockhart, J. G. (John Gibson)

Miladi was often ennuied, now that she was never really well, and the sight and voice of a young man cheered her inexplicably.

From A Little Girl in Old Quebec by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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

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.