world weary
/wɜrld ˈwɪri/
adjective
- Feeling tired, bored, or disappointed with life and the world, often because of too much experience of its problems.
- The novel's hero is a world-weary detective who has seen too much crime.
- Her world-weary sigh told me she had heard the same excuse many times before.
- After years of reporting on wars and disasters, the journalist became world-weary and cynical.
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