Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Pulsa | To walk laboriously in snow. | Swedish | physical nature | |
Hwyl | A passion and fervour for a competitive event like a poetry reading or a rugby match that fills your entire body with a sense of belonging. | Welsh | emotion extreme | |
Tima | Not being ready to spend time or money on a specific thing, despite being able to afford it | Icelandic | thinking action | |
Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
Arigata-meiwaku | When someone does something for you that you didn’t want them to do, and having to express gratitude for the act | Japanese | interaction | |
Mágoa | A heart-breaking feeling that leaves long-lasting traces, visible in gestures and facial expressions | Portuguese | adverse emotion | |
Tizita (ትዝታ) | A bittersweet remembrance and longing for a time, person, thing gone by. | Amharic | time thinking | |
Sous-entendu | Don't listen to what you heard. Listen for the message embedded. | French | awareness reflection | |
Chindogu | A person seemingly inventing ingenious everyday gadgets that seem like an ideal solution to a particular problem, but are in fact nothing more than a useless gag | Japanese | creative funny | |
Salām (سلام) | Peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. | Arabic | positive | |
Aşermek | The experience of craving certain foods while pregnant | Turkish | food | |
Abhisar (অভিসার) | Lit. 'going towards'; a meeting (often secret) between lovers / partners. | Bengali | love event | |
chimak | Chicken and beer | Korean | food | |
Abhayamudrâ (अभय मुद्रा) | The gesture (e.g., in Hindu and Buddhist iconography) of fearlessness, protection, and/or peace; involves the palms facing outwards, and the fingers extending upwards. | Sanskrit | strength | |
Mimoso | Said of something that enjoys being pampered or shown affection | Spanish | attribute love | |
Morriña | Nostalgia that you feel when you are far from home | Galician | feeling awareness life | |
Sturmfrei | Having the house or flat to oneself | German | event | |
Adroit | Lit. according to right; skilled, resourceful; dexterous. | French | attribute | |
Redamancy | The act of loving the one who loves you; a returned love in full | English | love emotion | |
Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
Rhwe | To sleep on the floor without a carpet, drunk and naked | Tsonga | funny event | |
Neko-neko | Someone that has a novel idea that only makes things worse | Indonesian | funny creative | |
Noniná | Triple negation. Means yes, with emphasis. | Spanish | attribute measurement positive | |
Wú jí (無極) | Lit. without highest point, utmost point, ridgepole; ultimate, boundless, limitless; the primodial universe; original nature. | Chinese | measurement | |
Pisan Zapra | The time needed to eat a banana | Malay | time measurement food | |
Nonina | Andalusian expression of three negations to say yes but with a certain touch, as if wanting to mean that this is not even doubted. | Spanish | cultural | |
Kweesten | Inviting a lover into your bed for some pillow talk | Dutch | love action event | |
Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) | peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. | Hebrew | positive | |
Schlimazel | A chronically unlucky person | Yiddish | attribute adverse | |
Vellichor | The strange wistfulness of used bookshops | English | feeling |
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