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WORLD-WEARINESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sadness on thinking about the evils of the world
Synonyms:
Weltschmerz; world-weariness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("world-weariness" is a kind of...):
melancholy (a feeling of thoughtful sadness)
Derivation:
world-weary (tired of the world)