world weary
Tired of everything
World weary describes a state of tired disillusionment with life, as if you've seen too much of the world to find it interesting or hopeful anymore.
The feeling is less about physical exhaustion than spiritual fatigue—a sense that novelty has worn thin and disappointment is inevitable: She had a world weary cynicism about politics.
Also spelled world-weary.
- boredLacking interest or engagement
- over itNo longer affected
- tiredLacking energy, needing rest
- jadednessDulled enthusiasm from excess
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
disillusionment · what's the point · fatigue · ennui · going through the motions · disenchantment · apathy · dead inside · nihilism · futility · existential dread · absurdism · same old same old · languor · tragic hero · old soul · lethargy · listlessness
- exhaustedtired, exhausted, drained, fatigued, spent
- fatigueexhaustion, tiredness, lethargy, chronic fatigue, physical fatigue
- maturityadulthood, immature, come of age, ripe, unripe
world wearyoptimistic
Expecting positive results
idealistic · hopeful · starry-eyed · bright-eyed · sanguine
world, weary, worlds, worldly, worldliness, unworldly, otherworldly, wearily, weariness