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Loathing vs Ennui - What's the difference?

loathing | ennui |

As nouns the difference between loathing and ennui

is that loathing is sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike while ennui is a gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

As a verb loathing

is .

loathing

English

Noun

  • Sense of revulsion, distaste, detestation, extreme hatred or dislike.
    • The man's loathing of his former friend was palpable; you could feel how much he now hated him.

    Verb

    (head)

    • ennui

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression.

    • Synonyms

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    Quotations

    * (English Citations of "ennui")