Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Mahalo | Thankfulness, appreciation, and gratitude as a way of living | Hawaiian | positive | |
Pochemuchka | A person who asks a lot of questions | Russian | friends attribute habits | |
Tôpäj (төпәй) | Interjection that is used to forewarn a child of falling | Bashkir | action | |
Décidément | When coincidences occur or when events repeat themselves by chance (for example, when you run into the same person many times in one week) | French | surprise interaction fate | |
Avoir la molle | A listless unwillingness to do any work | French | adverse | |
Schwärmerei | Excessive or extreme enthusiasm or sentimentality. | German | happiness | |
कौतुक (Kautuk) | What is required is steady, constructive effort, not lightning speed and empty show | Marathi | philosophy persistence | |
Ennui | A feeling of being bored and mentally tired caused by having nothing interesting or exciting to do | English | adverse feeling | |
Énouement | The bittersweetness of having arrived in the future, seeing how things turn out, but not being able to tell your past self. | French | awareness philosophy | |
Moriturism | The sudden reminder that you will one day no longer occupy this earth | English | awareness philosophy life | |
Abbiocco | The feeling of falling asleep after lunch or dinner | Italian | food feeling | |
Mechaye | Joy, pleasure; something that gives great joy/pleasure. | Yiddish | positive | |
Gula | Gluttony, greed; indulgence; eating simply for the taste (i.e., not from hunger). | Spanish | adverse | |
Lítost | Sate of agony and torment created by the sudden sight of one’s own misery. | Czech | adverse awareness fate | |
Pulsa | To walk laboriously in snow. | Swedish | physical nature | |
Fachidiot | Someone who knows a great deal about a very narrow subject | German | thinking attribute | |
Verklempt | Completely overcome with emotion | Yiddish | emotion | |
Torschlusspanik | The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals | German | growth awareness | |
Egyszer volt budán kutyavásár | Literal: "there was a dog-market in Buda only once"; translates to essentially a once in a lifetime opportunity | Hungarian | life fate exciting | |
Erbsenzähler | Literally "a person who literally counts their peas"; someone who is nitpicky and always trying to make things perfect | German | attribute measurement extreme | |
Abendrot | The colour of the sky when the sun is setting | German | nature beauty | |
Naz | The pride that comes from knowing that you are loved no matter what you do | Urdu | love strength positive | |
Obhimaan (অভিমান ) | Anger, or something close to it, at being upset with a loved one. Abhiman is not anger or sorrow. It is a temporary expression of a feeling about a loved one that he or she is supposed to address. | Bengali | adverse feeling | |
Mbuki-mvuki | To shake off your clothes to dance more freely | Swahili | clothing music | |
Urkn | Similar to Siwon but has a greater depth in taste. Literally derived from "face-chilling spicy" Usually used to describe heavier stews than word "siwon" | Korean | food taste | |
Chutzpah | Insolence, cheek, audacity. Commonly used to describe someone when they have crossed the line of acceptable behavior | Yiddish | extreme | |
Hoʻoponopono | Mutual forgiveness. | Hawaiian | connection character emotion | |
Rocambolesco | Stunning action that requires extreme audacity; literally means "there's no need" as in "there's no need to thank you" | Italian | extreme surprise | |
Shinrin-yoku (森林浴) | bathing' in the forest (literally and/or metaphorically). | Japanese | nature event | |
Monachopsis | The subtle but persistent feeling of being out of place | English | awareness society |
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