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Weltschmerz
/ˈvɛltʃmɛːts/
(sometimes capitalized) World-weariness; an apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world.
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(sometimes capitalized) World-weariness; an apathetic or pessimistic view of life; depression concerning or discomfort with the human condition or state of the world.
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| world-wearinessnoun | The state or characteristic of being world-weary. |
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| world-wearinessnoun | The state or characteristic of being world-weary. |
| mal du sièclenoun | Apathy and world-weariness, involving pessimism towards the current state of the world, often along with nostalgia for the past, originally in the context of French Romanticism; Weltschmerz. |
| despondencynoun | The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection. |
| low spiritsnoun | A state of despondence or melancholy. |
| taedium vitaenoun | Profound ennui or weariness of one's life. |
| disaffectationnoun | (psychoanalysis) alexithymia, a neurological condition characterized by severe lack of emotional awareness |
| hopelessnessnoun | A lack of hope; despair. |
| despairingnoun | A mood or display of despair. |
| wishlessnessnoun | Absence of wishes. |
| desponding | That causes or communicates despondency; disheartening or despondent. |
| living deathnoun | (idiomatic) A condition of suffering, solitude, or impairment so extreme as to deprive one's existence of all happiness and meaning. |
| wearinessnoun | Exhaustion, fatigue or tiredness. |
| self-despairnoun | Despair about oneself or one's own actions or behaviour. |
| ennuinoun | A gripping listlessness or melancholia caused by boredom; depression. |
| worldlessnessnoun | The state or condition of being worldless. |
| doldrumsnoun | Usually preceded by the: a state of apathy or lack of interest; a situation where one feels boredom, ennui, or tedium; a state of listlessness or malaise. |
| slough of despondnoun | (figuratively) A state of disheartening hopelessness; pit of despair. |
| disconsolate | Seemingly beyond consolation; inconsolable. |
| dejectionnoun | A state of melancholy or depression; low spirits, the blues. |
| undelightnoun | (uncountable) The condition or feeling of lacking delight; unhappiness or displeasure. |
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