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Meaning of world-weariness | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The state or characteristic of being world-weary.

uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština světabol
Deutsch Weltschmerz
Español weltschmerz
Suomi maailmantuska
Magyar világfájdalom
Nederlands weltschmerz
Polski Weltschmerz
Русский мировая скорбь
Slovenčina svetobôľ
Svenska världströtthet

Examples

“Call⟳ me blasé—I do not mind⟳, if by blasé is meant the world-weariness, intellectual, artistic, sensational, which can come⟳ to a young man of thirty. For I was thirty, and I was weary of all these things—weary and in doubt⟳.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

world-weary World-wide world, earth world, globe World's End world's fair

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