Meaning of war-weariness | Babel Free
Definitions
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A state of exhaustion brought on by fighting in a war. uncountable
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Weariness of war. uncountable
Examples
“Bouts of war-weariness now began to grip me from time to time, rather after the fashion of bouts of malaria.”
“One common imputed cause of this changed attitude toward force in the nineteenth century and the anomalous peace of that century in general is war-weariness.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.