world-weariness
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world-weariness
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From world-weary + -ness.
noun
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The state or characteristic of being world-weary; a feeling of fatigue or exhaustion with the state of the world or with one's life.
Call me blasé—I do not mind, if by blasé is meant the world-weariness, intellectual, artistic, sensational, which can come to a young man of thirty. For I was thirty, and I was weary of all these things—weary and in doubt.
Similar: apathy, jadedness, weltschmerz
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noun characteristic of being world-weary
| Español | weltschmerz |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 厭世 /厌世 yànshì |
| Deutsch | Weltschmerz |
| Русский | мирова́я скорбь mirovája skorbʹ |
| עברית | צַעַר הָעוֹלָם tsaár haolám |
Talk about this word "world-weariness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/world-weariness. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. world-weariness. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/world-weariness "world-weariness." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/world-weariness.Cite this
@misc{world_weariness_2026,
title = {world-weariness},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/world-weariness},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
