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world-weary

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world-wea·ry (wûrldwîr)
adj. world-wea·ri·er, world-wea·ri·est
Tired of the world; bored with life.
world-weari·ness n.
world-weary
Adjective
no longer finding pleasure in life
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Adj.1.world-weary - tired of the world; "bored with life"; "strolled through the museum with a bored air"
bored
tired - depleted of strength or energy; "tired mothers with crying babies"; "too tired to eat"


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And "selfless"--so did they wish themselves with good reason, all those world-weary cowards and cross-spiders!
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
Beebe was just crawling out of the pond, On whose surface garments of an intimate nature did float; while George, the world-weary George, shouted to Freddy that he had hooked a fish.
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