Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Lítost Sate of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. Czech adverse awareness fate
Mudita The pleasure that comes from delighting in other people's well-being or happiness Sanskrit happiness positive empathy
Qì zhì (氣质) Quality of character, disposition, style, charm, attractiveness, magnetism. Chinese attribute positive
Packesel The person who’s stuck carrying everyone else’s bags on a trip German travel physical
Liberosis The desire to care less about things. English thinking awareness
Guddle To fish using the hands, by searching under stones at a river bank Scottish action nature
Boketto The act of gazing vacantly into the distance. Japanese thinking
Desir The sound of sand driven by the wind Malay sound nature
Weemoed Lit. sadness, woe (wee) courage, daring, mood (moed); soft mood; light melancholy; having the strength to overcome a feeling of sorrow (e.g., arising in relation to nostalgia). Dutch adverse growth
L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) Lit. ‘to life’. Hebrew life
Rabenmutter A bad mom ("raven mother") German family society adverse
Gula Gluttony, greed; indulgence; eating simply for the taste (i.e., not from hunger). Spanish adverse
Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. Hebrew positive
Bào fù xìng āo yè (報復性熬夜) Revenge bedtime procrastination Chinese emotion
Tsundoku Acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them Japanese adverse
Półtora Specific word for one and a half of something Polish measurement
Klexos the art of dwelling on the past; coined by John Koenig. English thinking
kaizen Continuous growth Japanese growth
Avspasere To take a day (or more) off from work (e.g., because one has previously worked overtime and has built up credit). Norwegian society time
Badkruka Someone who refuses to enter a body of water. Eg. Get in the lake you badkruka, or am I going to have to pull you in by your beard? Swedish funny nature explore
Eunoia A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty
Talkoot a collectively pursued/undertaken task; voluntary community work. Finnish event society
Wú jí (無極) Lit. without highest point, utmost point, ridgepole; ultimate, boundless, limitless; the primodial universe; original nature. Chinese measurement
Être dépaysé To be in an environment you're not used to French change society awareness
Vergangenheitsbewältigung Coping with the past German reflection growth
Chingada An imaginary, horrible place where you send all those who annoy you Spanish funny adverse character
Uzsonna A meal between lunch and dinner Hungarian food time
Ćeif A slow and silent enjoyment in someone or in something Bosnian positive feeling
Fanaa (فناء) Used in a romantic, and spiritual sense. It could also mean breaking free, escaping ego, dying while your material body hasn’t Urdu fate love
Tretår A second refill or “threefill” of coffee Swedish measurement food




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