Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Jouska | A hypothetical conversation that you compulsively play out in your head | English | thinking | |
Półtora | Specific word for one and a half of something | Polish | measurement | |
Panapoo'o | The act of searching your head in order to help you remember something you have forgotten. | Hawaiian | habits | |
Zeg | The day after tomorrow | Georgian | time measurement | |
Dygn | Day and night; 24 hours | Swedish | measurement | |
Bimyou | Not bad, or "meh" | Japanese | attribute | |
Talaka | Every member of a neighborhood getting together to do a work for free for a poor member of their community | Nogay | community connection | |
Weltschmerz | Feeling hopeless about the state our world is currently in ("world pain") | German | adverse society | |
Charmolypi | "Joy-making sorrow". A mixed feeling of happiness while being sad. | Greek | happiness adverse philosophy | |
Anemoia | Nostalgia for a time that you have never lived | Greek | reflection philosophy | |
L’chaim (לְחַיִּים) | Lit. ‘to life’. | Hebrew | life | |
Uffda | A sympathetic word to be used when someone else is in pain. It combines ‘Ouch for you’ and ‘Oh, I’m sorry you hurt yourself’ | Norwegian | empathy emotion awareness | |
Verschlimmbessern | Literally "worsen better"; making something worse while trying to improve it | German | action | |
답답하다 Dabdabhae | Literally means stuffy; the feeling of needing to get something off your chest. Or when you want to say something but can't, or an awkward situation where people aren't saying what they mean. | Korean | social feeling | |
Tima | Not being ready to spend time or money on a specific thing, despite being able to afford it | Icelandic | thinking action | |
Eudaimonia | The contented happy state you feel when you travel | Greek | travel explore happiness | |
Konfliktfähigkeit | the ability to manage interpersonal conflict constructivly, without becoming personally involved. | German | growth | |
Tulak ng bibig, kabig ng dibdib. | Pretending to dislike something, when it reality you actually like it. Literal translation, "push of the mouth, pull (drawing closer to self) of the chest". | Tagalog | action | |
Kabelsalat | Tangled up cables; literally “cable-salad" | German | funny physical | |
Eunoia | A well-mind; beautiful thinking | Greek | beauty | |
Załatwić | To make something which is very complicated somehow simpler in an entrepreneurial and cheeky way | Polish | creative action | |
Razbliuto | The feeling for someone you used to love but no longer do | Russian | love change awareness | |
Limerence | the state of being infatuated or obsessed with another person, typically experienced involuntarily and characterized by a strong desire for reciprocation of one's feelings but not primarily for a sexual relationship. | English | emotion love | |
Hinna | "To find the time” or “to be on time” | Swedish | time | |
Vorfreude | The joyful, intense anticipation that comes from imagining future pleasures | German | time awareness happiness | |
Serendipity | The development of events by chance that result in a beneficial way | Tamil | event beauty life | |
Sehnsucht | Thoughts and feelings about all facets of life that are unfinished or imperfect, paired with a yearning for ideal alternative experiences. | German | philosophy reflection | |
Goya (گویا) | The transporting suspension of disbelief that can occur in storytelling | Urdu | surprise | |
Vipāka (विपाक) | Ripening; the result, ripening or maturation of karma. | Sanskrit | growth | |
Nja | Combining no (nej) and yes (ja); neither yes or no (or both yes and no); expressing uncertainty. | Swedish | measurement |
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