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world-weariness

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The condition of being world-wearied; weariness with the world; general dissatisfaction with life.

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  • noun The state or characteristic of being world-weary.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun sadness on thinking about the evils of the world

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Examples

  • Handsome and intense to the end but exuding world-weariness, Ryan played a tragically bitter outlaw in Mr. Peckinpah's explosive masterpiece "The Wild Bunch" (1969) and a more genial hired gun in Richard Brooks's suspenseful action adventure "The Professionals" (1966).

    Hollywood's Heroic Villain Kristin M. Jones 2011

  • Again, the voice is the draw here, combining the world-weariness of Le Carré with the vinegar of Simenon.

    VinceKeenan.com 2009

  • But while she tends toward a bleak sensibility, she lacks the world-weariness of the cynic and the defeatism of a genuine miserablist.

    Annie Lennox: 'I would have been perfect as a man' Andrew Anthony 2010

  • Call me blase -- I do not mind, if by blase is meant the world-weariness, intellectual, artistic, sensational, which can come to a young man of thirty.

    CHAPTER VIII 2010

  • But the 25-year-old Toronto native is best known for sentiments less common to hip-hop: vulnerability, world-weariness and melancholy.

    A Rapper Who Also Sings John Jurgensen 2011

  • Fifties uptightness and English reserve fuel a knock-out comic scene? in which Peter Sullivan, dripping with world-weariness, fails to tell his son the facts of life.

    The Late Middle Classes; The Crucible; Ingredient X 2010

  • In the spirit of Monday's dance theme, their first selection was a waltz, albeit an unconventional one, with Calderazzo swept up in a romantic whirl, while Marsalis on sax brought a mournful world-weariness to the party.

    Kennedy Center's 'An American Playlist,' Day 2: Dance and jazz mix delightfully 2010

  • "You know, we answer this question every day," Boudreau said, world-weariness coating his every word.

    Boudreau backs his defense 2010

  • KEN TUCKER: John Prine possesses a sage goofiness, a wit untouched by world-weariness.

    John Prine: Midwestern Mind Trips To The Nth Degree 2010

  • KEN TUCKER: John Prine possesses a sage goofiness, a wit untouched by world-weariness.

    John Prine: Midwestern Mind Trips To The Nth Degree 2010

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