World-weary

/ˈwɜːld ˌwɪəɹi/

Synonyms for "world-weary" (78 found)

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Closest matches (16)

apathetic benumbed blasecast downdashed dead debilitated dejected depressed despondent disheartened dispirited dopey dormant

Adjective(1 words)

apathetic

Adjective(1 words)

bored

Strong matches (23)

downdown in the mouthdowncast downhearted drooping droopy drugged dull enervatedfed upheartless heavy hypochondriac inanimate inert irked jaded lackadaisical languid languishing

Adjective(2 words)

grizzled jaded

Verb(1 words)

jading

Related words (39)

languorous leaden lethargic lifeless listless lowlow spiritedlumpish melancholic melancholy moribund numb pepless pessimistic phlegmatic pining pooped sated satiated sick

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sick ofsleepy slow sluggish somnolent sophisticated spiritless splenetic stagnant subdued suicidal supine tiredtired oftorpid vegetable wan weary woebegone

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tired

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O here Will I ſet vp my euerlaſting reſt: And ſhake the yoke of inauſpicious ſtarres From this world-wearied fleſh: […]

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Till you ſhall bid this ſad, world weary ſpirit, / To peaceful regions wing her weary flight.

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Yes! they are such spots as thousands are longing for; as the day-dreaming young, and the world-weary old, are yearning after, and painting to their mind's eye, daily in great cities; [...]

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Those who smiled upon my childhood / Oft round my chair I see, / Who, though grey-haired and world-weary, / Yet grew young again with me!

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