Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Arlésienne | Used to describe people who are at the centre of a conversation/situation/problem but can’t be found anywhere | French | society interaction | |
Tartle | The act of hesitating while introducing someone because you've forgotten their name | Scottish | funny event friends | |
Stushevatsya | To fade into the background | Russian | action | |
Gökotta | To rise at dawn in order to go out and listen to the birds sing | Swedish | nature beauty | |
Bixomets | Shame on behalf of others | Catalan | feeling adverse | |
Sokaiya | A man with a few shares in several companies who extorts money by threatening to come to the shareholders' meetings and cause trouble | Japanese | adverse | |
Nehrotit to | Literal: “Not to make X into a sharp point"; a choice not to stress about something | Czech | stress happiness | |
kaṟpu (கற்பு) | Determination to chastity, even in the face of adversity | Tamil | strength | |
Rabenmutter | A bad mom ("raven mother") | German | family society adverse | |
Fuubutsushi | The things – feelings, scents, images – that evoke memories or anticipation for a particular season. | Japanese | time | |
Sisu | Extraordinary determination in the fact of adversity | Finnish | growth strength | |
Xiao xiao | The whistling and pattering of rain or wind | Chinese | nature beauty sound | |
Erkelmek | Teasing someone with repeating what they say | Nogay | interaction funny | |
Ngaobera | A slight inflammation of the throat caused by screaming too much | Pascuense | adverse action health | |
(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 | |
Milozvučan | Having a sweet and gentle voice | Croatian | attribute physical | |
Liberosis | The desire to care less about things. | English | thinking awareness | |
Duende | The mysterious power of art to deeply move a person | Spanish | art feeling emotion | |
Putzfimmel | Adjective for someone who is obsessed with cleaning | German | habits | |
Yokomeshi | Literal: "meal eaten sideways"; the stress caused by speaking a foreign language | Japanese | stress feeling awareness | |
Erklärungsnot | The state of having to quickly explain yourself | German | action sress | |
Zechpreller | Someone who leaves without paying the bill. | German | adverse event friends | |
Vprikusku | Drinking tea through pieces of sugar | Russian | food action | |
Recherché | Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. | French | beauty attribute | |
L'appel du vide | Describes the instinctive urge to jump from high places | French | habits physical | |
Merak | A feeling of bliss and the sense of oneness with the universe that comes from the simplest of pleasures. It is the pursuit of small, daily pleasures that all add up to a great sense of happiness and fulfillment. | Serbian | positive growth | |
Nito-onna | A woman so dedicated to her career that she has no time to iron blouses, so dresses only in knitted tops. | Japanese | society work | |
Kertek | The sound of dry leaves or twigs being trodden underfoot | Malay | sound nature | |
Consuegro | Father in law of your son | Spanish | family | |
Abquatulate | To leave without saying goodbye | English | action |
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