Eunoia
Word | Definition | Language | Tags | Audio |
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Backpfeifengesicht | A face in need of a slap | German | physical funny | |
Sortable | adj. Someone you can take out without fear of being embarrassed, usually used to refer to friends or family members. e.g. "Elle n'est pas sortable." | French | friends interaction society | |
Formacja | A state of mind and its own culture of a generation | Polish | society change | |
Sitzfleisch | Having "Sitzfleisch": being persistent enough to complete a tough or big task | German | strength growth | |
kaṟpu (கற்பு) | Determination to chastity, even in the face of adversity | Tamil | strength | |
Capoclaque | Someone who co-ordinates a group of clappers. | Italian | society attribute | |
Pneúma (πνεῦμα) | Wind; breath; spirit. | Greek | physical | |
Harkla | The little coughing noise one makes, often before giving a speech or dislodging a piece of cinnamon bun from their throat | Swedish | action | |
Firgun (פירגון) | Ungrudging and overt (expressed) pride and happiness at other's successes. | Hebrew | happiness | |
Philia | "highest form of love"; deep love between friends, brotherly love | Greek | love friends | |
Kopfkino | Imagining scenarios vividly ("head cinema") | German | thinking visual | |
S’encoubler | To describe a fall, but specifically one where you fell due to being tangled in something | French | physical event adverse | |
Altschmerz | Weariness with the same old issues that you've always had - the same boring flaws and anxieties that you've been gnawing for years. | German | adverse growth attribute | |
Zgabalj | Mixture of all the bad things in the world, combined | Serbian | adverse society | |
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 | |
Kummerspeck | Weight you gain because you're unhappy ("sorrow bacon") | German | food adverse habits | |
Strohwitwer | "Grass widower"; a man whose partner or wife has left him alone. | German | family adverse | |
Punya | “Merit,” “virtue”, “sacred", "good karma", among other things | Sanskrit | beauty | |
Irusu | Pretending to be out when someone knocks at your door | Japanese | event funny | |
Spannungsbogen | A sequence of events which build up suspense and/or tension | German | event exciting | |
Yugen | A profound, mysterious sense of the beauty of the universe…and the sad beauty of human suffering. | Japanese | beauty awareness philosophy | |
Zeg | The day after tomorrow | Georgian | time measurement | |
Oneirataxia | The inability to distinguish between fantasy and reality | English | awareness feeling | |
uḷaṟu (உளறு) | To say something that should not be or to say somethng nonsensical or unrelated | Tamil | awareness adverse | |
Unglücksrabe | An unlucky person (literally: Raven with bad luck) | German | luck adverse | |
Oodal | Overly exaggerated, fake anger that follows a lovers’ quarrel | Tamil | love event feeling | |
Wabi-sabi | Finding beauty within the imperfections of life and peacefully accepting the natural cycle of growth and decay. | Japanese | beauty awareness | |
Vergüenza ajena | Shame or embarrassment felt as a result of the actions of others | Spanish | adverse feeling | |
Naz | The pride that comes from knowing that you are loved no matter what you do | Urdu | love strength positive | |
Torschlusspanik | The fear that time is running out on achieving life goals | German | growth awareness |
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