world-weary

1. 1.

   tired of the world

   “bored with life”

   “strolled through the museum with a bored air”

   Synonymsbored

   Similartired

Questions about world-weary

What does world-weary mean?

world-weary means "tired of the world".

How many syllables are in world-weary?

world-weary has 4 syllables and divides as worl-d-we-a-ry under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for world-weary?

Close synonyms include bored. 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.