Antonyms for world-weary
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : wurld-weer-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɜrldˌwɪər i |
Definition of world-weary
- As in sophisticated : adj cosmopolitan, cultured
- As in blasé : adj nonchalant
- World-weary, and in despair, he apparently wished only to die.
- Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott
- World-weary and sorrow-crushed, she soon followed him to the spirit-land.
- Extract from : « Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi » by John S. C. Abbott
- De Soto, world-weary and woe-stricken, died upon the banks of the river.
- Extract from : « The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago » by John S. C. Abbott
- "Nevertheless I'll stay," answered the world-weary voice again.
- Extract from : « Heart of Gold » by Ruth Alberta Brown
- The world-weary orator and lawyer was still Master Guy to him.
- Extract from : « What Will He Do With It, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- The world-weary man looks on with wonder, reverencing yet not comprehending.
- Extract from : « Folly as It Flies » by Fanny Fern
- What a world-weary sentiment for one so young and doubtless so fair.
- Extract from : « A Book o' Nine Tales. » by Arlo Bates
- World-weary, she immediately resolved to accept the invitation.
- Extract from : « Josephine » by John S. C. Abbott
- Say, it was a weary gesture he done it with—sort of languid and world-weary.
- Extract from : « Somewhere in Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
- It is significant that Wagner was as world-weary from middle-age on as was Beethoven.
- Extract from : « Beethoven » by George Alexander Fischer
Synonyms for world-weary
- adult
- apathetic
- artificial
- been around
- been around twice
- blasé
- bored
- citified
- cloyed
- cool
- couth
- cultivated
- cynical
- disenchanted
- disentranced
- disillusioned
- done it all
- experienced
- fed up
- glutted
- in
- in the know
- indifferent
- into
- jaded
- jet-set
- knowing
- laid-back
- lukewarm
- mature
- mellow
- mondaine
- mundane
- offhand
- on to
- practical
- practiced
- refined
- satiated
- schooled
- seasoned
- sharp
- sick of
- skeptical
- smooth
- sophisticate
- sophisticated
- stagy
- streetwise
- studied
- suave
- surfeited
- svelte
- switched on
- unconcerned
- unexcited
- uninterested
- unmoved
- uptown
- urbane
- weary
- well-bred
- wise to
- wised up
- with it
- world-weary
- worldly
- worldly wise
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