world-weary
Use World-weary in a sentence
i adjective
weary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc.
Origin:
1760–70
1760–70
Related forms
world-wea·ri·ness, noun
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| world-weary | |
| —adj | |
| no longer finding pleasure in living; tired of the world | |
| 'world-weariness | |
| —n | |
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World-weary
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Example sentences
His tone is low to the ground and world-weary, yet laconic.
His languid rhythms and floating, world-weary vocals revolve around virtuoso oud flights.
The celebrity hype has already nauseated world-weary political junkies.
He inhabits his shrewd, world-weary character with the ease that only lifelong movie stardom can bring.
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