Definition:
weltschmerz
- weltschmerzsorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism.
- weltschmerzsentimental pessimism; sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life.
- weltschmerz(German) mental depression or apathy caused by comparison of the actual state of the world with an ideal state
- weltschmerzA feeling of melancholy and world-weariness