Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Frustfressen | Excessive eating because of frustration | German | food adverse habits | |
Gattara | A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats | Italian | life society | |
Backpfeifengesicht | A face in need of a slap | German | physical funny | |
Acedia | Lack of concern over your spiritual life or "mental sloth" | Greek | emotion religion | |
Monachopsis | The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place | English | awareness society | |
Majime (真面目) | Reliable, responsible, diligent; seriousness, formality. | Japanese | society attribute | |
Verklempt | Completely overcome with emotion | Yiddish | emotion | |
Acoy | Something that is either very positive or negative | Indonesian | positive measurement | |
Mu (無) | Not one, not zero, not yes, not no | Japanese | measurement | |
Schnapsidee | An idea so stupid the person must have thought of it while drunk | German | funny thinking creative | |
Harkla | The little coughing noise one makes, often before giving a speech or dislodging a piece of cinnamon bun from their throat | Swedish | action | |
Dépaysement | The feeling of being in an environment that you are not used to | French | feeling awareness change | |
Hammajang | "All messed up" | Hawaiian | adverse | |
Tjäle | Ground frozen hard, beyond the point where digging is possible | Swedish | physical nature | |
Tenyérbemászó | Literally "palm crawler"; a face begging to be punched | Hungarian | funny adverse | |
Goesting | Looking forward to, can't wait, have an appetite for | Dutch | positive feeling | |
Kairosclerosis | A moment in which you realize that you're happy but simultaneously destroy that happiness by overthinking it | English | happiness reflection change | |
Blunda | To close your eyes. Can be used literally or figuratively; refuse to see something. | Swedish | action | |
कौतुक (Kautuk) | What is required is steady, constructive effort, not lightning speed and empty show | Marathi | philosophy persistence | |
Morgenfrisk | Feeling rested after a good night's sleep | Danish | health physical | |
Dadirri | Inner, deep listening and quiet, still awareness out of respect. | Ngangiwumirr | awareness | |
Sisu | Extraordinary determination in the fact of adversity | Finnish | growth strength | |
Trasnochar | To stay up all night | Spanish | life time event | |
Kenopsia | The eerie, forlorn atmosphere of a place that is usually bustling with people but is now abandoned and quiet. | English | change time | |
Chandamama (చందమామ) | Literally "uncle moon"; referring to the moon when admiring it | Telugu | nature beauty | |
Philia | "highest form of love"; deep love between friends, brotherly love | Greek | love friends | |
Sgriob | The itchiness of the upper lip just before taking a sip of whisky | Irish | physical food | |
Resol | That kind of sun light, non direct, when the sun is covered by clouds that still hurts the eyes. | Mallorquín | nature | |
Hoʻoponopono | Mutual forgiveness. | Hawaiian | connection character emotion | |
Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) | peace, harmony, wholeness, prosperity, welfare and tranquillity; used also as a greeting/parting salutation. | Hebrew | positive |
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