Definitions

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

Brian Cox is one of Hollywood’s go-to guys when they need to convey something hard-edged and world-weary.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025

Gone was the innocence of the 1960s - and in its place, a post-punk performer of depth and world-weary experience.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2025

Each show reflects in its own way the influence of a gritty genre that situated world-weary protagonists in cold, uncaring worlds armed only with their wits, fists, guns and rat-a-tat dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2024

Yet the men who sat in them seemed so listless and world-weary that they might have been asleep.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

world-weary

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