war-weary
adjective
utterly exhausted and dejected by war, especially after a prolonged conflict.
war-weariness
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a word derived from
war-weary.
Example Sentences
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The war-weariness in Sadeq’s words reflects the exhaustion felt throughout Lebanon, but especially among the Shiites who form a third of its 6 million residents.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
We have stained a generation of American children — and their teachers alongside them — with a grim acceptance and war-weariness that is sickening.
From Washington Post ● May 26, 2022
Obama's wariness is matched by congressional opposition as well as a war-weariness that most polls show has permeated the American public.
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2013
Second, the virulent war-weariness evident in the congressional vote count and the public opinion polls that lay behind it probably did not increase Tehran's fear of an American strike.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2013
Our officers, on the other hand, dressed in the homely khaki, often the worse for wear, had generally an air of war-weariness.
From Q.6.a and Other places Recollections of 1916, 1917 and 1918 by Francis Buckley
