War-weariness
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: War-weariness is a noun meaning A state of exhaustion brought on by fighting in a war.
Meaning
A state of exhaustion brought on by fighting in a war.
More Meanings
- Weariness of war.
Example Sentences
Bouts of war-weariness now began to grip me from time to time, rather after the fashion of bouts of malaria.
One common imputed cause of this changed attitude toward force in the nineteenth century and the anomalous peace of that century in general is war-weariness.
Word Forms
- warweariness
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include warweariness, wardom, wearihood, weariedness, wariment, warefulness.
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