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[ wurld-weer-ee ] / ˈwɜrldˌwɪər i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR world-weary ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveweary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc. Origin of world-wearyFirst recorded in 1760–70 OTHER WORDS FROM world-wearyworld-wea·ri·ness, nounWords nearby world-wearyworld-view, world war, World War I, World War II, World War III, world-weary, worldwide, World Wide Web, worm, wormcast, worm conveyor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for world-wearyOr, worse, they are contrived to sound tired, perhaps in an attempt to come off as world-weary. U2 Generously Gives Us a Lousy Album, Sucks at the Corporate Teat|Hampton Stevens|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST It has an old-fashioned, world-weary stoicism that lends a potentially ludicrous story emotional heft. The Dark Rooms Where Our Secrets Hide|Stefan Beck|February 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST McKean looks so fragile and world-weary as he speaks in his Chicago accent, he seems to require rescue. Broadway's Sweet New Play|Rachel Syme|September 30, 2009|DAILY BEAST World-weary, she immediately resolved to accept the invitation. Josephine|John S. C. Abbott
The world-weary man looks on with wonder, reverencing yet not comprehending. Folly as It Flies|Fanny Fern The country cries health and enthusiasm to the world-weary soul as it does to the barefoot boy. The New Education|Scott Nearing It is significant that Wagner was as world-weary from middle-age on as was Beethoven. Beethoven|George Alexander Fischer The heroines of poems and fictions are complex people to-day, world-weary, tempestuous and without peace of heart or mind. The Drunkard|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
British Dictionary definitions for world-weary
adjectiveno longer finding pleasure in living; tired of the world Derived forms of world-wearyworld-weariness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to world-wearypractical, refined, worldly, mature, knowing, disenchanted, experienced, practiced, jaded, smooth, cultivated, disillusioned, seasoned, studied, bored, cool, citified, schooled, adult, artificial |