Weltschmerz

Example Sentences

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It’s a sure cure for any lingering Weltschmerz.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

This is even more surprising, given that what the German novelist Jean Paul christened Weltschmerz has seemingly been in steady decline for the last 10 years.

From The Guardian • Feb. 3, 2016

The crass Buck is less interested in discussing Tony’s sudden bout of Weltschmerz than he is in ushering him off to the Japanese restaurant where their dates await.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2011

He has included many good examples of lyric and pastoral verse, in addition to the intensely personal expressions of Weltschmerz and separation that are still much favored by young poets.

From Time Magazine Archive

She is inevitably this when, after traversing the stages of talent, ardour, reverie, romanticism, and enthusiasm, she has passed into a condition of Weltschmerz, tinged with tedium vitæ.

From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden