war-weary

war-weary (comparative war-wearier or more war-weary, superlative war-weariest or most war-weary)

1. Tired of war.
   • 2011, P. Caldwell, ‎R. Shandley, German Unification: Expectations and Outcomes, →ISBN:

     Thus, “the idea of Europe” was fundamentally forged out of war-weary dreams of unity: postwar Europe was always the venue for ripening cosmopolitan and unification models.

   • 2011, Donald Rumsfeld, Known and Unknown: A Memoir, →ISBN:

     But military victory was not the enemy's intent. Their effort was targeted at war-weary Americans watching the bloodshed on their TV screens.

   • 2016, H. Edward Phillips III, Islamic State: the Coming Storm, →ISBN:

     Further, the opponents to real military action would also lead us to believe that the U.S. is too war-weary to press forward.

2. Tired from fighting in a war.
   • 1999, Edward Eager, Knight's Castle, →ISBN, page 186:

     “And now,” said King Richard, “what say ye all to a feast to celebrate our victory and refresh our war-weary limbs?”

   • 2012, Jonathan Bernstein, P-47 Thunderbolt Units of the Twelfth Air Force, →ISBN:

     As the 87th received new fighters and began flying combat missions, another veteran unit started turning in its war-weary airframes for P47s.

   • 2015, H.E.L. Mellersh, Schoolboy into war: Book 2: the Autobiography, →ISBN:

     The Eastbourne Convalescent Camp, on the Downs below Beachy Head was a sort of rough-hewn paradise for war-weary officers.

   • 2015, Julie Checkoway, The Three-Year Swim Club, →ISBN:

     Certain countries' athletes appeared far war-wearier and more sloppily shod than others.

• warweary, war weary