Word familyadjectiveworldedworldlyworldwideworld-classworld-famousworldly-wiseworld-wearynounworldlinessworldlingworld-beaterworld musicworld powerworldscaleworld
ˌworld-ˈwearyadjectiveadj
BORINGnot feeling excited about anything anymore 厌世的
—world-weariness noun [uncountableU]
Examples from the Corpus
world-weary• Around him, knowing people, people who were born eating this stuff, are conversing in that world-weary but photogenic way.• These lent a world-weary cast to a face that might otherwise have been babyish.• These faces all look lived-in, world-weary even.• He's like a latter-day Bogart with a battered and world-weary mix of cynicism and hope.• Inwardly he gave a world-weary smile.• world-weary soldiers• For who among us is too world-weary to be awake and watching until the small hours of Friday morning?