Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Ellipsism A sadness that you'll never be able to know how history will turn out English adverse thinking time
Vorfreude The joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures German time awareness happiness
Ba Namak A person "with salt"—funny, witty, flavorful, or charming, as opposed to a humorless, dry person. Persian positive exciting
Kusukusu The suppressed giggling and tittering of a group of women Japanese sound friends funny
Maktub "Everything is destined and written" Arabic philosophy fate
Madrugada The time of day occurring between past midnight and early morning Spanish time measurement
Trasnochar To stay up all night Spanish life time event
Engili (ఎంగిలి) Having contacted another's mouth directly or indirectly via hand or utensil that is not fit for consumption. Telugu adverse food
Te (德) Virtue; morality; integrity; inner power. Chinese strength
Parea A group of friends who regularly gather together to share their experiences about life, their philosophies, values and ideas. Greek friends philosophical
Apapachar Pamper a person especially when she or he is sad Spanish action
Turnbeutelvergesser Literally "sportsbag", but often used for a pupil that forgets their gym bag. German funny
Anteayer The day before yesteraday Spanish measurement
Tenyérbemászó Literally "palm crawler"; a face begging to be punched Hungarian funny adverse
Oodal Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel Tamil love event feeling
Vipāka (विपाक) Ripening; the result, ripening or maturation of karma. Sanskrit growth
Riposo Rest, repose; a nap; cf. siesta. Italian event society
Handschuhschneeballwerfer A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp German action attribute
Empalagada How you feel after having something too sweet Spanish food feeling
Tempus fugit Time flies, flees, escapes. Latin time
Liberosis The desire to care less about things. English thinking awareness
Utura-utura (うつらうつら) To drift between sleep and wakefulness. Japanese event time phsyical
Hatsuyume The first dream one has in the new year; thought to be an omen Japanese feeling
Nepenthe Something that helps you forget grief or suffering Greek growth strength
Ayurnamat The philosophy that there is no point in worrying about events that cannot be changed Inuktitut philosophy
Agnosthesia The state of not knowing how you really feel about something, which forces you to sift through clues hidden in your behavior English confusion thinking
Luftmensch Literal: "air person". Refers to someone who is a bit of a dreamer Yiddish attribute
Schwärmerei Excessive or extreme enthusiasm or sentimentality. German happiness
Psithurism The sound of wind through trees English nature beauty
Age-otori The bad feeling one gets after a terrible haircut Japanese adverse event feeling




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