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Meaning of "worldling" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF WORLDLING

worldling  [ˈwɜːldlɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WORLDLING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Worldling is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WORLDLING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of worldling in the English dictionary

The definition of worldling in the dictionary is a person who is primarily concerned with worldly matters or material things.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WORLDLING


aeromodelling
ˈɛərəʊˈmɒdlɪŋ
bloodcurdling
ˈblʌdˌkɜːdlɪŋ
codling
ˈkɒdlɪŋ
cradling
ˈkreɪdlɪŋ
fiddling
ˈfɪdlɪŋ
foundling
ˈfaʊndlɪŋ
handling
ˈhændlɪŋ
idling
ˈaɪdlɪŋ
kindling
ˈkɪndlɪŋ
middling
ˈmɪdlɪŋ
mishandling
ˌmɪsˈhændlɪŋ
noodling
ˈnuːdlɪŋ
piddling
ˈpɪdlɪŋ
puddling
ˈpʌdlɪŋ
sandling
ˈsændlɪŋ
seedling
ˈsiːdlɪŋ
shieldling
ˈʃiːldlɪŋ
unbundling
ʌnˈbʌndlɪŋ
wheedling
ˈwiːdlɪŋ
wildling
ˈwaɪldlɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WORLDLING

world-beating
world-class
world-famous
world-line
world-shaking
world-view
world-weariness
world-weary
World´s Series
worldbeat
worlded
worldlier
worldliest
worldliness
worldly
worldly goods
worldly wisdom
worldly-minded
worldly-wise
worldwide

WORDS THAT END LIKE WORLDLING

baggage handling
ballhandling
Bramley´s seedling
brandling
calling
dawdling
dwindling
fair to middling
godling
groundling
hurdling
influence peddling
meddling
mollycoddling
muddling
pindling
reedling
shepherdling
special handling
spindling
waddling

Synonyms and antonyms of worldling in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «worldling» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WORLDLING

Find out the translation of worldling to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of worldling from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «worldling» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

俗人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mundano
570 millions of speakers

English

worldling
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

worldling
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الدنيوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обыватель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

worldling
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘোর সাংসারিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mondain
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dunia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Weltmensch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

俗物
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

속인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Donya
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

phàm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

worldling
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सांसारिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

dünya işlerine dalmış kimse
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mondano
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pospolity
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обиватель
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

om din lume
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

worldling
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wêreldling
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

världslig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

worldling
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of worldling

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLDLING»

The term «worldling» is normally little used and occupies the 138.428 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WORLDLING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «worldling» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «worldling» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about worldling

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WORLDLING»

Discover the use of worldling in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to worldling and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Worldling
A collection of poems reflects on conception, birth, life, the passage of time, and death
Elizabeth Spires, 1997
2
The Discourse on the All-embracing Net of Views: The ...
a worldling would refer (to) when speaking in praise of the Tathágata CY. Here— The Enlightened One, the kinsman of the sun, Speaks of the worldling in a twofold way:34 One is the worldling blinded by darkness, The other the worldling  ...
‎1992
3
The Ladies' Repository
They make its sentiment to be, that so far as this life is concerned, the Christian is more miserable than the worldling ! Most certainly this was not the Apostle's meaning, and such an application of the Apostle's words can only be considered just ...
‎1850
4
The Discourse on the Root of Existence: The Mūlapariyāya ...
The worldling is so-called because he generates a multitude of diverse defilements, etc.17 As it is said: “They generate a multitude of defilements, hence they are worldlings. They have not destroyed the multiple forms of personality view, they ...
‎1992
5
The Great Discourse on Causation: The Mahānidāna Sutta and ...
The problem of finding some identity for the self arises because the worldling continually conceives his experience through the filter of the notion “I am.” This notion— called a conceit (mána), a desire (chanda), and an underlying tendency  ...
‎1995
6
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete ...
devas, he attains final nibbana in that very same state of existence.810 This is the distinction, the disparity, the difference between the instructed noble disciple and the uninstructed worldling, that is, when there is future destination and ...
‎2012
7
The Inspector, Literary Magazine and Review
For the prize-fighters the worldling immediately entertains a great respect; he admires the valor of an Englishman, and the muscular symmetry of a well-formed arm. Pugilism helps to support the national character, and it prevents the native ...
‎1827
8
English Spirituality: From 1700 to the Present Day
The replacement in some modern hymnals of Newton's 'worldling' with 'world's best' is feeble: 'worldling' also appears in Newton's Olneyhymn 1:69, p. 84; Olneyhymn 1:102 (The worldling'), p. 1 15, where the worldling is the rich fool of Luke 1 ...
Gordon Mursell, 2001
9
Buddhism: The Wheel of Dhamma in Motion
A series of gradations can be discerned rising up from the darkest level of the blind worldling trapped in the dungeon of egotism and selfassertion, through the stage of the virtuous worldling in whom the seeds of wisdom are beginning to ...
Heinz Duthel
10
The Questions of King Milinda: An Abridgement of the ...
It is because he is thought of as close to arahatship that it is proper for a lay devotee who is a stream-enterer to salute and rise for a monk even though he is a worldling. It is because he sees him to be in the company of those in whom all evil ...
N. K. G. Mendis, 1993

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WORLDLING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term worldling is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Italian poet who saw the void where modern, rational man was …
Mortification is incomprehensible to the worldling and evidently to the Modernist so-called Catholic as well. Poor sinful wretch that I am, my mortifications are nil. «Catholic Herald Online, Jul 15»
2
Vendors, attendees hope inaugural Adirondack Wine & Food …
Worldling's Pleasure, a cheese spread and baked goods company from Watervliet, made good sales and great connections with the people in the crowd, owner ... «The Saratogian, Jun 15»
3
Korean American icon Susan Ahn Cuddy dies aged 100
As a weak worldling, I would like to offer my sincere condolences or sympathy ... This weak and uneducated world worldling has no choice but to await you all's ... «The Korea Times US, Jun 15»
4
Pope Francis: Guard Your Heart From Pagan Noise
“It is a scandal for a Christian to call himself Christian, and even to go to Church, to go to Mass on Sunday, and live like a worldling or a pagan. And when a ... «Aleteia EN, Jun 15»
5
Pitiable capitulating pro-family leaders, part 1
... revolutionary message the world has ever heard, which can come to it from no other source, and content ourselves with doing what any worldling can do? «RenewAmerica, Mar 15»
6
The Hundredth Anniversary of Thomas Merton's Birth
The book in question was The Seven Storey Mountain, Thomas Merton's passionate, articulate, smart, and deeply moving account of his journey from worldling ... «Catholic World Report, Feb 15»
7
THURSDAY HOMILY: Put Out Into the Deep and Lower Your Nets …
Saint Cyprian ( A.D. 258) proclaimed "He who has turned his back on the Church of Christ shall not come to the rewards of Christ; he is an alien, a worldling, an ... «Catholic Online, Sep 13»
8
3 fascinating facts about English's most adorable suffix, -ling
While some of these things were indeed adorable, the most productive use of the suffix was to show disdain. A worldling was someone too occupied with wordly, ... «The Week Magazine, Aug 13»
9
Reverend Samuel Myer Isaacs – Champion of Orthodoxy (Part II)
... theorist from putting his visionary schemes into practice, to thwart the worldling in his dangerous doctrines, and to counteract the copyist in his onward course. «The Jewish Press, Sep 12»
10
Single women should focus on God rather than themselves to …
Well, it is not surprising that the worldlings should pour our adulation on this worldling. I feel rather sorry for her, there is something infinitely sad about that ... «Catholic Herald Online, Aug 12»

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« EDUCALINGO. Worldling [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/worldling>. Apr 2024 ».
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