| black sheep |
one who differs from and is often an embarrassment or disgrace to his or her family or group. This may be be due to this person's disreputable behavior, lack of worldly success, or difference in belief or point of view from that of the group. |
| cakes and ale |
the good things in life; material or worldly pleasures. |
| culture |
a developed state of refinement through experience or training in the arts and worldly affairs. [1/8 definitions] |
| divine |
(sometimes cap.) the spiritual or godlike, as opposed to the earthly or worldly (prec. by "the"). [1/12 definitions] |
| earthly |
pertaining to the earth as opposed to spiritual or heavenly realms; worldly. [1/2 definitions] |
| innocent |
without worldly experience. [1/6 definitions] |
| man about town |
a man whose worldly social life and knowledge of fashionable places keep him in public notice. |
| mundane |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the earthly world; worldly or temporal, as opposed to spiritual. [1/2 definitions] |
| profane |
of or pertaining to worldly matters; secular. [1/5 definitions] |
| Promised Land |
(often l.c.) heaven, or any place of refuge, happiness, fulfillment, or the like, usu. reached after worldly toil and suffering. [1/2 definitions] |
| sic transit gloria mundi |
(Latin) thus passes away worldly glory. |
| sophisticate |
to cause to become less naive or natural; make worldly-wise. [1/3 definitions] |
| sophisticated |
having knowledge or experience of the world or of culture, esp. in connection with the manners and ways of adult society; not naive or simple; worldly-wise. [1/3 definitions] |
| sophistication |
the quality or condition of having worldly knowledge, elegant refinement, or technological complexity. [2 definitions] |
| temporal1 |
of or concerning life or affairs in this world; worldly. [1/4 definitions] |
| terrestrial |
mundane in character or scope; not spiritual or elevated; worldly. [1/5 definitions] |
| unworldly |
lacking sophistication; not worldly-wise; provincial. [1/3 definitions] |
| worldling |
one who is engrossed in or knowledgeable about the world; a worldly, sophisticated, or pleasure-seeking person. |
| worldly-wise |
having sophisticated knowledge of the world; worldly. |