world-weary
3
8.7
- adjective
- /ˈwɜrldˌwɪri/
:
cansado del mundo
- She spoke in a world-weary tone, as if she had seen too much of life's disappointments.
- looked world-weary
- world-weary sigh
- world-weary detective
But the one that I do the most is a guy named Pinky Penguin, Bojack's agent and publisher, and he's just the most beaten down, world weary.
- But the one that I do the most is a guy named Pinky Penguin, Bojack's agent and publisher, and he's just the most beaten down, world weary.
Examples
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The coroner is here, a world-weary, seen-it-all older guy, with his nervous assistant who has never seen anything like this.
Fiction book (1991) -
Gives Bruce a lovely, world-weary smile.
Fiction book (1992) -
Here we are allowed to look not only on the face, but also inside the soul of a tired, world weary man.
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Good to see there are some other world-weary warriors who could see it coming.
Blog text (8) -
Tom gave a world-weary shrug.
Fiction book (2001) -
A policeman for eleven years, Jim Wilson is world-weary and lonely when the film begins.
Blog text (17) -
Ripley sits up, looking a little world-weary.
Fiction book (1992) -
Cue the entrance of a world-weary detective, who comes in and pokes his nose around.
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There's a certain despondency in its ancient sad call, a kind of world-weary wisdom.
Fiction book (1994) -
In a forgiving but world-weary voiceover, the clergyman briefly summarized the lives of the two loved ones.
Fiction book (2002)
Synonyms
40
6.3
Feeling bored and tired after doing or seeing something too often
How Weary
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word world-weary joins world and weary, so it literally means 'tired of the world'. Think of weary like the common verb wear in 'wear out' — it means to make tired, so world-weary describes someone who feels 'tired', 'bored', or 'no longer excited' after seeing too much.