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Meanings of weltschmerz in English
Synonyms
Examples for "world-weariness"
Examples for "world-weariness"
1
There's a certain world-weariness about them, or perhaps I should say Universe-weariness.
2
Desire fails, both in narrator and his beloved, and is replaced by world-weariness.
3
Then he glanced away, his features retreating into an expression of ragged world-weariness.
4
The smell of gin and world-weariness was heavy on the air.
5
The prevalence of this world-weariness of course needs explanation, and the cause is rather obscure.
Usage of weltschmerz in English
1
The Germans were afflicted with weltschmerz 200 years later.
2
And then there is that sense of European ennui, of weltschmerz, that no MGM player had projected before.
3
Was this "Weltschmerz," which we thought a malady of our day, endemic in Persia in 1100?
4
He is overwhelmed with Weltschmerz.
5
"Of course you are," came the reply, heavy with weltschmerz.
6
"I wonder-- "Carolwas plunged back into last night's Weltschmerz.
7
"I don't suppose you ever heard of Weltschmerz," mused Charleton.