world-weariness Meaning & Definition

  • En [ ˈwɜːldˌwɪə.ri.nəs]
  • Us [ ˈwɝːldˌwɪr.i.nəs]

Meaning of world-weariness In English

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Examples of world-weariness

  • Chris carries a world-weariness in his face and his posture.

  • Fleming's Bond has a dark streak of world-weariness and melancholy we never get to see on screen.

  • Even in the slump of his shoulders we can see the world-weariness of the man.

  • There is no feeling of decline or even world-weariness in the trumpeter's playing, and his solos are full of constant invention and enthusiastic ideas.

  • He sees it as a sort of decadence, a world-weariness, and the wilful rejection of the moral boundaries governing the world.

  • In tandem with the slower tempo, the band dragged the syllables of each word out in order to emphasize the world-weariness of the song's lyric.

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