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world-weariness

world-weariness noun: the state or characteristic of being world-weary; a feeling of fatigue or exhaustion with the state of the world or with one's life.

Noun

world-weariness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being world-weary; a feeling of fatigue or exhaustion with the state of the world or with one's life.
    • Call me blasé—I do not mind, if by blasé is meant the world-weariness, intellectual, artistic, sensational, which can come to a young man of thirty. For I was thirty, and I was weary of all these things—weary and in doubt.1914, Jack London, chapter 8, in The Mutiny of the Elsinore

Synonyms of world-weariness

Origin of world-weariness

From world-weary + -ness.

Questions about world-weariness

What does world-weariness mean?
World-weariness means the state or characteristic of being world-weary; a feeling of fatigue or exhaustion with the state of the world or with one's life.
What part of speech is world-weariness?
World-weariness is a noun.

Words near world-weariness in the dictionary

  1. world-war
  2. world-wars
  3. world-wearied
  4. world-wearier
  5. world-weariest
  6. world-weariness
  7. world-weary
  8. world-wide
  9. world-wise
  10. worldbeat
  11. worldbeater

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