weltschmerz

german word (welt=world, schmerz=pain) that has found its way into the english language. a term that describes melancholy or better the state of sadness about all the things going wrong in this world, sadness about sadness etc.

"Whassup with Toby, he's looking so sad and staring into the campfire for like an hour...?!"
"Oh, just weltschmerz"

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