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/ˈwɜːld ˌwɪəɹi/ · adjective
Tired of the ways of the world; feeling apathetic or cynical due to one's life experiences..
O here Will I ſet vp my euerlaſting reſt: And ſhake the yoke of inauſpicious ſtarres From this world-wearied fleſh: […]
Till you ſhall bid this ſad, world weary ſpirit, / To peaceful regions wing her weary flight.
Yes! they are such spots as thousands are longing for; as the day-dreaming young, and the world-weary old, are yearning after, and painting to their mind's eye, daily in great cities; [...]
Those who smiled upon my childhood / Oft round my chair I see, / Who, though grey-haired and world-weary, / Yet grew young again with me!
"The doctrine of eternal recurrence as a hammer in the hand of the most powerful …" poses the question: "Do you want this once more and innumerable times more …" as "a doctrine strong enough to have the effect of breeding: strengthening the strong, paralyzing and breaking the worldweary."
[Holocaust memorials and museums] form a specific genre of architecture [...] indeed there may even be a certain world-weary resistance to their proliferation [...].
I've been around the block a few too many times (set 'em up, Joe …). Scott has a depth of family experience far beyond my own; I'm world-wearier and have taken poorer care of myself.
His [Frank Sinatra's] vocal problems, caused by polyps on his vocal chords, left him with a deeper and huskier voice. A world-wearier one that, along with his publicized personal problems, appealed to an older audience and more sophisticated college students, and replaced the young romantic sound.
Use world-weary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
World-weary means Tired of the ways of the world; feeling apathetic or cynical due to one's life experiences..
Common synonyms include jaded, world-wearied, apathetic, blasé.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
O here Will I ſet vp my euerlaſting reſt: And ſhake the yoke of inauſpicious ſtarres From this world-wearied fleſh: […]
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