MEANING
Wearied or disillusioned by experience of life.
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Words that belong together
- world-weary narrator
- world-weary expression
On the page
The world-weary narrator distrusts every promise.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- world-weary
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more world-weary; superlative most world-weary when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: character, description. Commonness: moderately common.
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