Definition of "world-weary" []

• Tired of the world; bored with life. (adjective)

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• "As an actor, there was also his world-weary college teacher in Curtis Hanson's Wonder Boys, which may be the best performance Douglas has ever given."
• "Finally, at quarter past ten, our world-weary protagonist collapses into bed insisting she has "no sense of living without aim"."
• ""I don't think this is going to work — you and the real world," declares a world-weary Katy."