Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Zažitjsja (зажиться) | To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead | Russian | death adverse | |
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 | |
Toska (тоска) | At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. | Russian | adverse philosophy | |
Torschlusspanik | The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals | German | growth awareness | |
Mimoso | Said of something that enjoys being pampered or shown affection | Spanish | attribute love | |
Schnickschnack | Items of little value; empty words that people may utter | German | adverse | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
Sankocha | The feeling of embarrassment due to receiving an inordinate or extravagent gift/favor, making you feel as though you need to return a favor that you can't | Kannada | feeling | |
Capicua | A number that doesn't vary if the numbers are inverted. Also it can be called a palindrome, but the word capicua refers especially to the numbers | Catalan | measurement | |
Sophrosyne | A healthy state of mind, characterized by self-control, moderation, and a deep awareness of one's true self, and resulting in one's true happiness. | Greek | awareness happiness reflection | |
Oneirataxia | The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality | English | awareness feeling | |
Eomchina | Contraction of the phrase "Mom's friend's son". Academically successful (and possibly wealthy) male student who is the target of envy among others | Korean | family society work | |
Offing | The deep, distant stretch of the ocean that is still visible from the land; the foreseeable future | English | nature beauty | |
Psithurism | The sound of wind through trees | English | nature beauty | |
Gezellig | A warm feeling of cozyness, but also have good times with friends af a party. | Dutch | feeling positive | |
Palla | To steal fruit off trees | Swedish | funny action food | |
Schilderwald | Jungle of traffic signs; a street so crowded with signs that you become lost | German | stress confusion | |
Carpe Diem | Make the most of the present moment or opportunity. Lit. sieze the day. | Latin | positive | |
Zanshin (残心) | Lit. ‘remaining/enduring heart-mind’; a state of relaxed mental alertness (especially in the face of danger or stress). | Japanese | awareness | |
Mangomoment | "What can I do now for you, to make you happy?" | Dutch | love friends connection | |
Rudenėja | The transition from summer to fall, used to describe all the processes during the change of the seasons, for example leaves changing the colour, constant rain, etc. | Lithuanian | beauty change | |
Handschuhschneeballwerfer | A coward willing to criticize and abuse from a safe distance | German | adverse attribute interaction | |
Altschmerz | Weariness with the same old issues that you've always had - the same boring flaws and anxieties that you've been gnawing for years. | German | adverse growth attribute | |
Vorfreude | The joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures | German | time awareness happiness | |
Tjäle | Ground frozen hard, beyond the point where digging is possible | Swedish | physical nature | |
Dhurna | Extorting payment from someone by sitting at their front door and staying there until you get paid | Hindi | action persistence | |
Ômä (өмә) | Collective helping | Bashkir | society positive | |
Akrasia | When you know what to do in theory, but don’t act on it in practice. The literal translation is “weakness of will.” Akrasia is how people struggle to take action, even though the Internet gives them unlimited information. | Greek | philosophy attribute | |
Kusukusu | The suppressed giggling and tittering of a group of women | Japanese | sound friends funny | |
Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical |
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