Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Nuchshlepper Someone who follows another person; a hanger-on Yiddish awareness adverse persistence
Guddle To fish using the hands, by searching under stones at a river bank Scottish action nature
Acedia Lack of concern over your spiritual life or "mental sloth" Greek emotion religion
Numinous Describing an experience that makes you fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted - the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed an inspired English beauty emotion
Mu (無) Not one, not zero, not yes, not no Japanese measurement
poshlost (пошлость) Used to describe situations where things are being sold under the premise "that the greatest joy can be bought" Russian adverse extreme
Bababa ba? Is it going down? (In the context of an elevator) Tagalog action
Xiao xiao The whistling and pattering of rain or wind Chinese nature beauty sound
Spleen Melancholy without apparent cause French feeling
Overskud Extra/excess energy; do have sufficient resources to do something; profit (in an economic context). Danish attribute
Charmolypi "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. Greek happiness adverse philosophy
Treppenwitz Literal: "staircase joke", because the witty retort usually hits you in the stairwell on your way out German funny
Taraadin A happy solution for everyone Arabic happiness society
Wintercearig Literally "winter sorrow"; a feeling of deep sadness related to the cold, still, dark nature of winter English weather emotion adverse
Bon vivant Someone who enjoys and appreciates the good life. French positive happiness
Irusu Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door Japanese event funny
Tsundoku Acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them Japanese adverse
Shouganai It cannot be helped. Japanese philosophy fate
Rückkehrunruhe The feeling of returning home after an immersive trip only to find it fading rapidly from your awareness. German awareness time
Khaste Nabashid (خسته نباشید) "I hope that you are not tired" Persian society work
cāral (சாரல்) A gentle secondary drizzle either from a waterfall or rain Tamil nature
Vorführeffekt When you try to give some evidence in public that something works (or doesn't work), but you fail because the opposite happens. German funny event
Zanshin (残心) Lit. ‘remaining/enduring heart-mind’; a state of relaxed mental alertness (especially in the face of danger or stress). Japanese awareness
Nakakapag pabagabag Something that brings about excessive anxiety or restlessness for a period of time; something that is making you nervous Tagalog stress feeling awareness
Gretchenfrage A direct question with the intention of unveiling the underlying thoughts of the person being questioned German awareness connection
Abquatulate To leave without saying goodbye English action
Bixomets Shame on behalf of others Catalan feeling adverse
Tízórai A meal between breakfast and lunch, literally "at ten o'clock" Hungarian food time
Víðsýni A panoramic view; open-mindedness. Icelandic visual
Pisan Zapra The time needed to eat a banana Malay time measurement food




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