Eunoia

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Word Definition Language Tags Audio
Wabi-sabi Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. Japanese beauty awareness
Yakamoz The reflection of moonlight or other lights on water Turkish nature beauty
Mumpsimus A traditional custom or notion adhered to although shown to be unreasonable. English society cultural
Spätzünder A person who needs a long time to understands sth/ so who makes belated progress of personal development German adverse
Recherché Rare, exotic, unusual; not understood or appreciated by many people. French beauty attribute
Pomicione A man who seizes any chance of being in close contact with a woman Italian attribute
inssa Short word of insider = trendy people who catch up with the trends Korean society
Weemoed Lit. sadness, woe (wee) courage, daring, mood (moed); soft mood; light melancholy; having the strength to overcome a feeling of sorrow (e.g., arising in relation to nostalgia). Dutch adverse growth
Ludus playful love between children or casual lovers Greek love
Dhakkann "The shroud of clouds concealed the sun." Someone too naive to see the truth in things, also used in a derogatory way Hindi adverse awareness
Eunoia A well-mind; beautiful thinking Greek beauty
Kuleana Self-imposed responsibility, duty, service Hawaiian strength character
Fuubutsushi The things – feelings, scents, images – that evoke memories or anticipation for a particular season. Japanese time
Strikhedonia The joy of being able to say "to hell with it" English positive
Pelinti To move hot food around in your mouth Buli food
Dayenu "It would have been enough" Hebrew reflection
Zechpreller Someone who leaves without paying the bill. German adverse event friends
Fanaa (فناء) Used in a romantic, and spiritual sense. It could also mean breaking free, escaping ego, dying while your material body hasn’t Urdu fate love
Víðsýni A panoramic view; open-mindedness. Icelandic visual
Khaste Nabashid (خسته نباشید) "I hope that you are not tired" Persian society work
Goesting Looking forward to, can't wait, have an appetite for Dutch positive feeling
L’ecole stratim (לאכול סרטים) Literally "to eat motives"; describing a person that loves drama Yiddish extreme interaction
Bwisit Something/someone ruined your day or mood Tagalog emotion adverse
Trennungsagentur Literal: "separation agent"; A man hired by women to break the news to their boyfriends that they are breaking up German action
Handschuhschneeballwerfer A person who wears gloves to throw snowballs; a wimp German action attribute
Gattara A woman catlover who feeds alley cats or spends time with domestic cats Italian life society
Neko-neko Someone that has a novel idea that only makes things worse Indonesian funny creative
Efkar The boredom of the soul. A lovely moment, that you need to be so happy, but instead you feel with a deep sorrow. Turkish feeling adverse
कौतुक (Kautuk) What is required is steady, constructive effort, not lightning speed and empty show Marathi philosophy persistence
Paasa A person who leads someone on (intentionally or not). Appearing as if they are genuinely interested romantically when they aren’t Tagalog adverse interaction awareness




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