Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Jaksaa | A lack of enthusiasm to do something | Finnish | adverse habits | |
Han | Sorrow, regret, grief, resentment, "a dull ache of the soul", yet passive and not revenge seeking; waiting for the injustice to be righted | Korean | society persistence adverse | |
Onsay | Pretend to love | Boro | life | |
uḷaṟu (உளறு) | To say something that should not be or to say somethng nonsensical or unrelated | Tamil | awareness adverse | |
Yuanfen | A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends. | Chinese | love society | |
Gamchil | Korean word of Umami, best translated as "flavorful" and "tasty." Used often when describing a dish that achieves entirely new level of flavor by combining elements from ukegon, meaning land, sea and sky. | Korean | food taste | |
Vaitherichal | The feeling that you get when someone has something that you lack, however you are not jealous, yet instead feel as though they should not possess that because you don't | Tamil | adverse thinking | |
Palla | To steal fruit off trees | Swedish | funny action food | |
Dépaysement | The feeling of being in an environment that you are not used to | French | feeling awareness change | |
Liberosis | The desire to care less about things. | English | thinking awareness | |
Arlésienne | Used to describe people who are at the centre of a conversation/situation/problem but can’t be found anywhere | French | society interaction | |
Boketto (ぼけっと) | gazing vacantly into the distance (without thought or sense of self). | Japanese | ||
Rabharta | A spring tide | Irish | nature | |
En plein air | Outdoors; in the open air. | French | nature physical | |
Ser/Estar | The verb 'to be' is two different verbs in Spanish. Ser is 'what you are' and estar is 'how you are/where you are' | Spanish | attribute | |
Guanxi (关系) | An intimate connection between people which would benefit from the other in solving delicate problems or in achieving personal goals | Chinese | growth connection | |
Nekama | A man who pretends to be a woman on the internet | Japanese | society | |
Aesthete | Someone with deep sensitivity to the beauty of art or nature | English | art beauty | |
Vipāka (विपाक) | Ripening; the result, ripening or maturation of karma. | Sanskrit | growth | |
Saudade | melancholic longing, nostalgia, dreaming wistfulness. | Portuguese | life | |
Meraki | Describe doing something with soul, creativity, or love — when you put “something of yourself” into what you're doing, whatever it may be. | Greek | emotion strength | |
Krawattenmuffel | Someone who'd rather not wear a tie | German | clothing habits | |
Gigil | The urge to pinch or squeeze something that is unbearably cute | Tagalog | physical positive funny | |
Mysa | Can mean "cosying up" or "to snuggle", but in braoder sense, it means to "have a nice and relaxed time" | Swedish | happiness time | |
Zhaghzhagh | The chattering of teeth from the cold or from rage | Tamil | adverse action physical | |
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 | |
Desus | The quiet, smooth sound of somebody farting although not very loudly | Indonesian | sound funny action | |
Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical | |
Hoppilandkalle | Guy who jumps to dry land to moor a boat | Swedish | action | |
Charmolypi | "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. | Greek | happiness adverse philosophy |
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