Definitions
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Sorrow or sadness over the present or future evils or woes of the world in general; sentimental pessimism.
Examples
“I suppose frustration and despair was always part of the condition of the football fan, but there were times reading through the non-jokey suggestions when the radioactive weltschmertz seemed to subsume everything.”
The Guardian: Readers are so right: football fans need a bill of rights | Marina Hyde
“If it's the old stockbroker syndrome, the suburban fin de siecle ennui, angst, weltschmertz, call it what you will, will it reenjoy?”
“It’s the old stockbroker syndrome, the suburban fin de siècle ennui, angst, weltschmertz, call it what you will.”
Do you ever get that feeling - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
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nausea, sweating, dizziness, dry mouth, drowsiness, vomiting, walking like an E..., spontaneous decap..., amnesia, anosmia, weltschmertz, flatulence and 68 more...

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