world-weariness

1. 1.

   sadness on thinking about the evils of the world

   SynonymsWeltschmerz

   Broadermelancholy

Questions about world-weariness

What does world-weariness mean?

world-weariness means "sadness on thinking about the evils of the world".

How many syllables are in world-weariness?

world-weariness has 5 syllables: worl-d-we-a-ri-ness. The stress falls on "a".

What is another word for world-weariness?

Close synonyms include Weltschmerz. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is world-weariness a common word?

world-weariness is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.