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Noun: world-weariness  'wurld`wir-ee-nus
  1. Sadness on thinking about the evils of the world
    - Weltschmerz

Derived forms: world-wearinesses

See also: world-weary

Type of: melancholy

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worldly-wise
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world-shattering
world-weariness
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worldwide
world-wide
worm
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worm genus
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