Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Sorrow or sadness over the present or future evils or woes of the world in general; sentimental pessimism.
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Examples
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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.
Readers are so right: football fans need a bill of rights | Marina Hyde 2011
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If it's the old stockbroker syndrome, the suburban fin de siecle ennui, angst, weltschmertz, call it what you will, will it reenjoy?
Wired Top Stories 2010
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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? 2009
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