Associations to the word «Weltschmerz»

Wiktionary

WELTSCHMERZ, noun. (sometimes capitalized) World-weariness; an apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world.

Dictionary definition

WELTSCHMERZ, noun. Sadness on thinking about the evils of the world.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats