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world-weary

[wurld-weer-ee] / ˈwɜrldˌwɪər i /
ADJECTIVE
blasé
Synonyms
WEAK
apathetic been around twice bored cloyed cool disenchanted disentranced done it all fed up glutted indifferent jaded knowing laid-back lukewarm mellow mundane offhand satiated sick of sophisticate sophisticated surfeited unconcerned unexcited uninterested unmoved weary worldly
ADJECTIVE
sophisticated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
mature practical refined worldly
STRONG
bored citified cool cultivated disenchanted disillusioned experienced jaded knowing practiced schooled seasoned smooth studied
WEAK
adult artificial been around blasé couth cynical in in the know into jet-set laid-back mondaine on to sharp skeptical stagy streetwise suave svelte switched-on uptown urbane well-bred wise to wised-up with it worldly-wise
Antonyms
STRONGEST
inexperienced unrefined unsophisticated
STRONG
enchanted encouraged enthusiastic excited uncool
WEAK
easy naive simple slow uncultivated uncultured

Example Sentences

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The world-weary consumer of news might reasonably wonder if we’re headed into another version of climate alarmism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

But the movie’s frenetic opening stretch loosens into something shaggier when Steely Dan’s 1972 world-weary track “Dirty Work” comes in.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

She emerged from the experience battle-scarred and world-weary in 1979 and used her worn-down voice to great effect in a blast of future-forward new wave music called "Broken English."

From Salon • Jan. 30, 2025

For “Stress Positions,” the writer-director Theda Hammel shows her hand when a character says, in a world-weary voice-over, that the madness we’re about to witness “happened so long ago.”

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

But that’s the reality,” a thirteen-year-old from Johannesburg said with a world-weary air, the others nodding sagely.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner