Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Dreich Especially of weather: dreary, bleak. For example, "a cold, dreich early April day" Scottish weather adverse
Athazagoraphobia The fear of forgetting, being forgotten or ignored, or being replaced English reflection thinking
Oodal Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel Tamil love event feeling
Latah Uncontrollable habit of saying embarrassing things Indonesian habits
kaizen Continuous growth Japanese growth
Chutzpah Insolence, cheek, audacity. Commonly used to describe someone when they have crossed the line of acceptable behavior Yiddish extreme
uḷaṟu (உளறு) To say something that should not be or to say somethng nonsensical or unrelated Tamil awareness adverse
Agape selfless love to all, universal loving kindness Greek love connection
Onsra That bittersweet feeling of loving for the last time; the feeling when you already know that a love won't last Boro love fate emotion
Surströmmingspremier The first day of the year where it acceptable eat rotten herring. Swedish food event
Gigil The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute Tagalog physical positive funny
Philotimo (φιλότιμο) The inner impulse to act well and in alignment with the moral virtues that represent one's own society and upbringing Greek society character family
On-nomi The practice of getting together with friends on the internet and having a drink together Japanese friends
Torschlusspanik The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals German growth awareness
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Khaste Nabashid (خسته نباشید) "I hope that you are not tired" Persian society work
En plein air Outdoors; in the open air. French nature physical
Mono no aware The bittersweetness of a brief and grading moment of transcendent beauty. Japanese beauty
Vergüenza ajena Shame or embarrassment felt as a result of the actions of others Spanish adverse feeling
Estrenar The experience of wearing something for the first time Spanish life
Mokita The truth we all know but agree not to talk about. Kilivila awareness thinking society
Jaksaa A lack of enthusiasm to do something Finnish adverse habits
Empalagoso Too sweet. Adjective to say you ate something so sweet that you got sick of it. Spanish food adverse change
(يقبرني) Ya'aburnee A way to declare your hope that your loved one will outlive you because of how unbearable it would be to live without them. Arabic love time strength
Tokka A large herd of reindeer Finnish nature
Petrichor The smell of earth after rain English nature beauty
L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) Lit. ‘to life’. Hebrew life
Vprikusku Drinking tea through pieces of sugar Russian food action
Manja Childlike behaviour by women designed to elicit sympathy or pampering by men Malay attribute
Fingerspitzengefühl Literal: “finger tips feeling", but means an intuitive feel or to have one's finger on the pulse German feeling




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