Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Faamiti | The sound made by sucking air past the lips in order to gain the attention of a dog or child | Samoan | sound | |
Достолепие (dostolepiye) | Contains the roots for dosta (a lot) and lepota (beautiful) from Old Bulgarian language. The word literally means full of beauty but it is more like a combination of noble, full of values, beautiful and brave for man and femininity for women. It is very typical to use this word in context of old traditional photos of people where one appreciate the beauty of the past. | Bulgarian | beauty | |
Mangomoment | "What can I do now for you, to make you happy?" | Dutch | love friends connection | |
Toska (тоска) | At its deepest and most painful, it is a sensation of great spiritual anguish, often without any specific cause. | Russian | adverse philosophy | |
Zeg | The day after tomorrow | Georgian | time measurement | |
Utura-utura (うつらうつら) | To drift between sleep and wakefulness. | Japanese | event time phsyical | |
Être dépaysé | To be in an environment you're not used to | French | change society awareness | |
Greng-jai | The feeling of not wanting to impose | Thai | feeling society | |
Entzuterre | A distance that allows you to listen to another conversation | Basque | interaction | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Lebensmüde | Weary of life | German | adverse life stress | |
Pantoffelheld | Literally "slipper hero"; A man who may act tough in front of his friends but can’t stand up for himself against his wife | German | family interaction | |
Kuebiko | A state of exhaustion inspired by acts of senseless violence | Japanese | adverse feeling | |
Anteayer | The day before yesteraday | Spanish | measurement | |
Biritululo | The act of comparing yams to settle a dispute | Kiriwani | food thinking | |
Lus | Desire, craving; greed; fancy, cupidity; inclination, tendency. | Afrikaans | adverse | |
Hinna | "To find the time” or “to be on time” | Swedish | time | |
Uitbuiken | Literally means giving your belly or stomach space to expand after a proper dinner. It signifies being so full that you really have to go lay down and ''uitbuiken''. | Dutch | food action | |
Carpe Diem | Make the most of the present moment or opportunity. Lit. sieze the day. | Latin | positive | |
Strohwitwer | "Grass widower"; a man whose partner or wife has left him alone. | German | family adverse | |
Hüzün | Originally pain and sorrow over a loss, but also can mean melancholy associated with a sense of failure in life and a gloomy feeling that things will likely get worse. | Turkish | adverse emotion | |
Kæk | Spirited, bold, cheeky, cocky. | Danish | attribute | |
Zažitjsja (зажиться) | To keep living beyond the point where one feels they would be better off dead | Russian | death adverse | |
Sirimiri | Weak and constant rain; stronger than a mist but less than a shower. | Basque | weather physical | |
Jouska | A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head | English | thinking | |
Qarrtsiluni | Sitting together in the darkness, waiting for inspiration to strike you | Iñupiaq | awareness thinking reflection | |
Mágoa | A heart-breaking feeling that leaves long-lasting traces, visible in gestures and facial expressions | Portuguese | adverse emotion | |
Nameer (نمير) | Clear water. | Arabic | nature attribute | |
Utepils | The act of sitting outside on a sunny day enjoying a beer | Norwegian | event life positive | |
Gulugulu | The sound of a pitcher filling with water | Tulu | physical sound |
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