world-weary

adjective

world-wea·​ry ˈwərld-ˌwir-ē How to pronounce world-weary (audio)
Synonyms of world-wearynext
: feeling or showing fatigue from or boredom with the life of the world and especially material pleasures
world-weariness noun

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Randolph is great, the perfect combination of world-weary and done-with-it. — Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 26 Nov. 2025 Beulah’s not delivering world-weary pronouncements, the way Beth does. — Noel Murray, Vulture, 26 June 2026 Marcellus is really, really smart, which Molina imparts via a wry and world-weary voiceover. — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 7 May 2026 The uplift stirs even Guthrie, whose world-weary exasperation is vastly diminished by the power of song. — Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor, 24 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for world-weary

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First Known Use

1750, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of world-weary was in 1750

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