worldweariness

English

Noun

worldweariness (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of world-weariness
   • 2010, Elizabeth Haydon, Requiem for the Sun: A New Adventure in the Symphony of Ages, →ISBN:

     “You get a hold of yourself,” he said contemptuously. “Spare me your bile and worldweariness; my wife would not agree with you."

   • 2012, Todd Rendleman, Rule of Thumb: Ebert at the Movies, →ISBN, page 169:

     He praised Mitchum, always his favorite actor and interview, whose worldweariness was the lost soul of noir.

   • 2016 August 11, Ann Hornaday, “Chris Pine and Ben Foster star in the superb crime thriller 'Hell or High Water'”, in Washington Post:

     As the grizzled, almost-retired lawman on the thieves' trail, Bridges adds a layer of mordant worldweariness to “Hell or High Water.”

   • 2016 October 6, “Adolf Hitler was a 'super junkie', claims new book”, in The Week:

     "Germany, land of drugs, of escapism and worldweariness, had been looking for a super-junkie," Norman Ohler, the author of Blitzed: Drugs In Nazi Germany, writes. "And it had found him, in its darkest hour, in Adolf Hitler."

   • 2018 September 7, Lisa Allardice, “Transcription by Kate Atkinson review – second world war spying hijinks”, in The Guardian:

     Juliet's worldweariness and face-powder dry wit make her an affecting, engaging companion, but not necessarily one to love: she lacks the warmth of Atkinson's most compelling characters.