Term: world-weariness: sadness on thinking about the evils of the world
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: vicariate: the religious institution under the authority of a vicar
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: sympathetic nervous system: originates in the thoracic regions of the spinal cord; opposes physiological effects of the parasympathetic: reduces digestive secretions; speeds the heart; contracts blood vessels
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: polychaete: chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: corn: tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: lexical semantics: the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: autograph album: an album for autographs
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: comeliness: the quality of being good looking and attractive
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: common yellowthroat: an American warbler
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: sector: a particular aspect of life or activity
Broader: melancholy: a feeling of thoughtful sadness | Unrelated: relief printing: printing from a plate with raised characters