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world-weary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ˌworld-ˈweary adjective  BORINGnot feeling excited about anything anymore 厌世的world-weariness noun [uncountable]
Examples from the Corpus
world-wearyAround 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 soldiersFor who among us is too world-weary to be awake and watching until the small hours of Friday morning?
ˌworld-ˈweary adjectiveChineseSyllable
anything anymore Corpus about feeling not excited


world-weary
ˌworld-ˈweary adjective
not feeling excited about anything any more
—world-weariness noun [uncountable]


world-wearyBrE /ˈwɜːld wɪəri/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɜːrld wɪri/ 🔊 adjectiveno longer excited by life; showing this 厌世的;厌弃人生的 SYN jaded world-weariness BrE /ˈwɜːld wɪərinəs/ 🔊NAmE /ˈwɜːrld wɪrinəs/ 🔊 noun [uncountable]