Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Erbsenzähler | Literally "a person who literally counts their peas"; someone who is nitpicky and always trying to make things perfect | German | attribute measurement extreme | |
Efkar | The boredom of the soul. A lovely moment, that you need to be so happy, but instead you feel with a deep sorrow. | Turkish | feeling adverse | |
Harkla | The little coughing noise one makes, often before giving a speech or dislodging a piece of cinnamon bun from their throat | Swedish | action | |
Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib. | Pretending to dislike something, when it reality you actually like it. Literal translation, "push of the mouth, pull (drawing closer to self) of the chest". | Tagalog | action | |
Noroke | To brag about or sing the praises of the person you love | Japanese | love emotion | |
Aspaldiko! | Expression of surprise after not seeing someone for a long time. | Basque | surprise feeling | |
Fremdschämen | To be embarrassed by something somebody else did | German | society thinking adverse | |
Werifesteria | To wander longingly through the forest in search of mystery | English | nature explore | |
Zanshin (残心) | Lit. ‘remaining/enduring heart-mind’; a state of relaxed mental alertness (especially in the face of danger or stress). | Japanese | awareness | |
Chimuela | a person lacking one or more teeth | Spanish | physical funny | |
Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
Dreich | Especially of weather: dreary, bleak. For example, "a cold, dreich early April day" | Scottish | weather adverse | |
Ciğerparem | Describe love to someone who is in the deepest part of his/her heart; refers to someone that you love as much as your own body. | Turkish | love connection | |
Að redda | To save someone or fix something in a time sensitive manner. | Icelandic | time | |
Storgi (στοργη) | the love between parents and children | Greek | love family | |
Minestra riscaldata | Literally "heated soup"; something done again but never as good as the first time it happened. Alternative to cavoli riscaldati (heated cabbage) | Italian | attribute | |
Zindabad | A shout of encouragement; a cheer, which can also be interpreted to mean "may [idea or person] live forever" | Urdu | life interaction | |
Madrugada | The time of day occurring between past midnight and early morning | Spanish | time measurement | |
Mecnun | "madly in love" to the point of actual mental instability | Turkish | love emotion | |
Pomicione | A man who seizes any chance of being in close contact with a woman | Italian | attribute | |
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee | A declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person because of how difficult it would be to live without them. | Arabic | love connection fate | |
Extrawurst | Someone who is slowing things down by being fussy, making everything more complicated than necessary | German | stress adverse action | |
Schnapsdrossel | A person that drinks a lot but rarely gets drunk | German | food habits | |
Spätzünder | A person who needs a long time to understands sth/ so who makes belated progress of personal development | German | adverse | |
Rauxa | Sudden determination or action; rapture | Catalan | action strength | |
Bildung | education, formation, acculturation, cultivation, development. | German | cultural | |
Torschlusspanik | The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals | German | growth awareness | |
Załatwić | To make something which is very complicated somehow simpler in an entrepreneurial and cheeky way | Polish | creative action | |
Jumpa | To jump from one floating piece of ice to another | Swedish | physical nature | |
Pragma | longtime love, such as in long marriages | Greek | love family |
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