tS=Three years after the war had ended, he still moved as if under the spell of an unshakable <b>weltschmertz</b>.<br><br>Though he underwent two years' treatment for it, he could never explain what caused the characteristic air of bitter <b>weltschmertz</b> that he carried from his youngest days.&tQ=<b>Weltschmertz</b> refers to:&tC=A nightmare|World-weariness|Paranoia|A vagueness|A spell&cC=2&fB=<b>Weltschmertz</b> means world-weariness, a sorrow that one feels and accepts as one's necessary portion in life; sentimental pessimism. <b>Weltschmertz</b> is pronounced VELT-shmertz.
